The vulnerability of Afghan women is beyond doubt. Their life is fraught with manifold problems. The traditional frames of mind and cultural taboos curtail their freedoms to a large extent. A large number of girls and women are not allowed to take part in social activities – especially in the Taliban-dominated areas. Women and girls are supposed to abide by the traditions rule their surroundings. After all, to the unmitigated chagrin of Afghan women, the Afghanistan’s presidential election in the solar year of 1393 was not a panacea for their bleeding wounds. They fell victim to gang violence and rape constantly as ever before. In other words, the macabre stories and hackneyed phrases of violence made repeated headlines on national and international newspapers – and continue up to now. They still appear to be treated as pariah in traditional areas.  
Everybody is used to the words of ‘feminism and feminist’, this ideology is based on equality of man and woman and feminists struggle in support of women. There are three main feministic viewpoints – liberal, radical and black feminisms – and I would like to explain them shortly.
Liberal feminism seeks gender inequality in social and cultural attitudes. In spite of radical feminists, liberal feminists do not consider the inferiority and obedience of women a part of larger system or structure. They study the bias against women in work-field, educational institutions and media. They support equal opportunities for women through legislation or other democratic methods. Liberal feminists support legislative development such as equal payment or abolishing sex bias. Moreover, they perform their activities through existing systems so as to bring gradual amendments. Therefore, their method is far more moderate than radical feminists who want the collapse of the existing law. Even though, liberal feminists played vital role in the development of women within the last decade, nonetheless the critics believe that they were not able to discover the root cause of gender inequality and the essence of systemic cruelty which is going on in the society against women. Likewise, radical feminists accuse liberal feminists of encouraging women to accept unequal society with its competitive characters.
This belief is the essence of radical feminist that men are responsible for women’s exploitation. Analysis of patriarchy – systemic dominance of men over women – is the main tendency of this type of feminism. They believe that patriarchy is a nationwide phenomenon throughout the cultures and times. Radical feminists consider family as a basic source of atrocity and cruelty in the society. They state that men exploit women by making them work free of charge. Moreover, they believe that men are a setback for women to reach power in the society. Firestone, one of the first writers of radical feminist who used to live in 19th century, states that men have control over the role of women in reproduction and training of children. Furthermore, radical feminists believe that women cannot get rid of sexual cruelties and atrocities by gradual changes and amendment. According to them, patriarchy is a systemic phenomenon; gender equality is possible only by demolishing the system of patriarchy. They believe that those social and cultural norms which reiterate the slender figures and sympathetic attitudes of women, aim to extend their inferiority and obedience. According to this type of feminism, objectifying women through media, models and advertisements change women to sexual objects with the intention of amusing and pleasing men.
Black feminism, forms due to discontent with the existing feminisms, and concentrates on the challenges lying ahead of black women. Many black feminists and the feminists of developing countries allege that feminisms are not implemented equally between white and black women. The writings of American black feminists reiterate the effect of strong heritage of slavery, prejudice and seclusion and movement of civil law over the gender inequality in black community. Black women were exposed to prejudice based on their race and sex. Stratification was also a factor which played its role negatively about black women. According to black feminists, black women are involved in multiple deprivations which are based on color, sex, and stratification. Hence, when these three factors come together, they intensify one another.
I am neither feminist nor radical, however, I agree with radical feminism. Women do not only suffer violence but they are widely exploited in social life and objectified in advertisement gimmicks. Considering the rights and dignity of women around the world, including Afghanistan, women suffer painfully on the basis of their sex. Their rights are violated to a large extent and their freedoms are curtailed mainly in traditional societies.
Afghan women suffered greatly not only during the Taliban’s regime but also in post-Taliban time. As a result, members of the Taliban insurgents sprayed corrosive acid on the faces of school girls and flagellated the women in desert court with great inhumanity. In suicide bombings, the lifeless bodies of women, as drops of boiling blood trickle down their wounds, fill one with a strong sense of sorrow and disgust.
Women are not inferior in the eye of religion and law. Hence, the government should enforce the law strictly and empower women through safeguarding their rights and dignity. The constitution of Afghanistan aptly states, “Liberty is the natural right of human beings. This right has no limits unless affecting others freedoms as well as the public interest, which shall be regulated by law. Liberty and human dignity are inviolable. The state shall respect and protect liberty as well as human dignity.”