South Asian Popular Literature and CultureConditions of Afghan Women in the Modern Post-War Era Since 1979, the Afghan people have been living in a war-torn country and have been constantly subjected to violence, murders and incarcerations. Kabul fell to the Taliban after the end of the Soviet war in 1996. He came to power on promises of peace and had gathered many followers, including people who had attended conservative schools. They immediately banned women from the public scene, making it impossible for them to leave the house without a male chaperone. Women couldn't work, couldn't go to school, were forbidden to wear brightly colored clothes, and had to paint the windows of their homes so they wouldn't be seen from the outside. Under the oppressive rule of the Taliban, women were forced to cover their entire bodies from head to toe, even covering their eyes with a small gauze bandage over their eyes! (Trust in Education) Women who were doctors, teachers or in any other profession were forced to be beggars and even engage in prostitution to feed their families. Quoting a woman refugee after the Taliban took power: “From our sumptuous home, we are now beggars. They finished us. There is no one on our side." (RAWA) In this article my aim is to highlight the plight of women during the Taliban regime and show how gradually their living conditions (especially education) improved after the Taliban rule was overthrown by the United States in 2001 So the article will be divided into two parts: the condition of women after the Soviet war and during the rule of the Taliban, and after the rule of the Taliban. I will make use of documentaries and refer to academic texts to reinforce my opinions. Before any war plagued Afghanistan, women...... middle of paper......Hosseini, Khaled: A Thousand Splendid Suns Riverhead Books . 2007Khan, Ameen Amjad: Women, Guns and Education - E Malala Yousafzai University World News Issue: 281, Higher Education Web Publishing Ltd. Web. 17 July 2013McNamara, Melissa: The Taliban in Afghanistan CBS News, 31 August 2006 Web. Newspaper “Osama ”: Movie. Director - Siddiq Barmak, June 27, 2003 Interview PHR, K6: The Taliban's war on women, a health and human rights crisis in Afghanistan, interview with Doctors for Human Rights. Print ReportRAWA (Revolutionary Women's Association of Afghanistan): Rise: Revolutionary Women Reenvisioning Afghanistan, RAWA/Witness, 2002. Web. 17 June 2008Confidence in Education: An Afghan Woman's Life Web. Article.Rugh, Peter: THE GENTLEMEN OF THE AFGHANISTAN WAR CANNOT SILENCE MALALAI JOYA .Vice News. Network. Article. October 7 2013