The new era in the history of Afghanistan has been written recently with the introduction of women police at the national level. Since 2001, Afghanistan has been governed by the NATO and American forces. As we all know, the Taliban didn’t allow women to come out of their home and do a job to earn pay independently. Five years ago, when women were empowered to come join all fields of life, some women in the police department have become victims of sexual harassment by the people and by their own colleagues as well. Now, the fear is high again because the dress of women is being changed from burqa to olive green dress. Women in the police force now fear about their jobs as due to sexual harassment and discrimination, the government can be forced to ban the women police and they could lose their jobs.
The president of Afghanistan Mr. Hamid Karzai has a target of adding 5000 women police in the country until the year 2014 when NATO forces are set to leave the country. Still the ratio of women police as compared to male police is around 1.25 percent, which is quite low. Until now, 1,850 women are working for the police in Afghanistan. As we all know, Afghanistan is a male dominant society, and it will be much harder for the government to deploy more women police in the country. The positive thing, which the government of Afghanistan has done, is that they broadcast the women in police dress holding the guns on television, which is popular amongst the women in country.
When the question is asked about the future of women police after the departure of NATO troops from the country, women police are curious. They think that after the departure of NATO, the Taliban will come back and women will have to wear burqas again. It is also a fear in the minds of women that again they will be restricted to their homes and won’t be able to come out without a male partner.
Since the 2001 war with the Taliban, the women’s role has been changing vastly in society, and now they enjoy the rights of education, voting and getting jobs. Some women in the society are angry about Hamid Karzai’s decision to hold talks with the Taliban to make peace in the country as they think it will create conflict in the society as the Taliban are not ready for women to have rights.
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