Prostitution Under the Taliban :: Taliban

With the arrival of the Taliban the social and more importantly the economical problems for the women of Afghan has increased. These women live their lives under monstrous oppression of both Jehadi and Taliban fundamentalists in disastrous situations, roughly of the Afghan womens basic human rights are denied to them. By the rule of the Taliban, women are denied the right to sustain a job, this ruling that has created a flood of vacant women in Kabul. These women that are unemployed now face very serious financial difficulties, suffering along side them are their children. Together that suffer from malnutrition, longing many forms of illnesses as well as living that a chronic state of poverty. Majority of these women have lost their husbands and have s former(a) the last of their semiprecious possessions in order to buy food. The women that were fortunate to be able to afford to leave the country and build a new life outside of Afghanistan have long go from the scene. The women that could not afford to leave have become the bulk of beggars in their country. Surprisingly the majority of the street beggars are ex teachers and civic servants.With Kabual being in a bad state of economy it has hit hard the pity income of these beggars. The banning of female beggars entering shops, inns as well as other trading places has increased and this has affected the womens income greatly. This has forced them to enter into prostitution simply in order for them to make sure that both their children and them-selves survive. many an(prenominal) young widows that are the sole bread earner in their family have had all their doors closed on them with job prospects and have joined the rank of prostitutes as well.Preliminary research on this issue has showed that there are hundreds of new prostitutes that have joined the ranks with the professional ones. Most of these women are working from their homes under the notice of Qala. In the city of Kabul there is somewhere between 2 5 to 30 brothels actively functioning. However due to security reasons these brothels are constantly on the move every few months. The brothels usually have three to five women working and living in them. Kharabati is the name given to the prostitute while the old woman that manages the work of the brothel is call Khaka Kharabati and the pimps are called Qala Dar.