News Center- The Kurdish Women’s Union in Germany (YJK-E) has issued a written statement in solidarity with Afghan women to mark the third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.

 ‘We can see how the hegemonic powers try to protect their existence by designing their own crisis in the system,” the statement said. “As always, women are targeted in the wars started by these powers. The systems controlled by states and patriarchy try to make people think that what is happening is their ‘fate’ through fear, oppression, war, femicide, displacement and massacres. The hegemonic powers use local armed groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, etc. to commit massacres against people, especially women.”

 ‘The philosophy of ‘Jin Jiyan Azadi’ has influenced the whole world’

These powers used ISIS to maintain their control in Rojava and Bashur (Southern Kurdistan or Iraqi Kurdistan) by supporting the fascist government of the Republic of Türkiye but they revealed the resistance in Kobanê that spread across Rojava, the statement stressed. “In parallel to those attacks, ISIS attacked Shengal, abducting 7,000 women and selling them in slave markets.”

The statement also pointed to the mobilization of women in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan or Iranian Kurdistan) against oppression and attacks. “The philosophy of ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ has influenced the whole world. The thoughts of leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan) brought a new wave to the women’s struggle for freedom.”

The statement continued as follows:

“Women, who experience the same situation in Afghanistan, are banned from all spheres of life, including social life, politics and education since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.

“Following the September 11 attacks, the military forces of NATO started a war against the Taliban by launching a military operation in Afghanistan. However, the members of NATO, especially the USA, did not give fundamental rights and freedoms back to them. They accepted to keep women in darkness by using tribes and clans to occupy the country. After 20 years, the Taliban took control of the country again by making a deal with the occupiers.

“The resistance of Afghan women is also the resistance of Kurdish women. Upon the call of Afghan women, we held protests in Frankfurt and Cologne, demanding the international powers to fulfill their responsibilities and be accountable for being a party to this shameful situation.”