On October 7, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook Herat, leaving in its wake unimaginable devastation. Over 2400 lives were lost, more than 10,000 were injured, and countless homes were reduced to rubble, it’s a crisis of unprecedented magnitude. In a nation already marred by war and economic turmoil, the earthquake has cast a long shadow of despair.
In the last 50 years, women were among the most affected by the different conflicts taking place in Afghanistan, especially the oppression of the Islamic Taliban. Indeed, the status of women in Afghanistan changed after having their fundamental rights exploited under Taliban rule.
Jack Ma, Asia’s richest man, pledged 1.8 million face masks, 210,000 test kits and 36,000 protective suits plus ventilators and thermometers to combat the outspread of coronavirus in Afghanistan and 9 other Asian countries.
Benesh is a child bride who was married at the age of 11 in Afghanistan. Unfortunately she is not alone in becoming a wife while still a child. Over one third of girls in the developing world are married before their 18th birthday.
