The lives of Afghan women and girls were upended when the Taliban took power in August, threatening two decades of progress towards gender equality for the traditional Muslim country.
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In an interview with i24NEWS, an 18-year-old Afghan girl discussed how she resists Taliban repression by translating books from English so Afghan people can read them, including some books forbidden by the Islamic fundamentalist rulers.
"The Taliban is against any culture, music, television, social media, and the scene of women walking on the streets."
The girl has not been allowed to attend school in the three months since the Taliban took over, lamenting that 20 years of progress for women's rights are threatened by the Taliban.
"We want our human rights," the girl told i24NEWS.
Born in Afghanistan and raised in Iran, she recently moved back to Afghanistan before the Taliban takeover and now her family in Iran can't visit her out of fears for their safety.
Still, despite the threats, she is actively taking part in activity against the regime, including translating forbidden books from English that challenge religious fundamentalism.
"We are afraid of the Taliban, but we also know that Afghan women are really brave," she said.
"We will keep going and we won't stop our work, and we will translate more books to help people, for example, to make them understand that religion is the main problem of this country."
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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