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I did not have shelter in the previous government, now the Taliban have taken the bread; Weekly interview with Susan Mohammadi, a young girl in Kabul

By :Nargis Hashimi October 1, 2021

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Susan Mohammadi is a young girl who does not know exactly; In what year and in which province of Afghanistan was he born? But according to the ID card given to him by Kabul Orphanage, his place of birth is written in Kabul. Susan was just a child who was placed in an orphanage in Kabul. He does not know when or where he transferred Susan to the Kabul orphanage.

Susan studied kindergarten and school in the Aladdin orphanage in Kabul, and after finishing school, she failed the entrance exam in the first period, while I was not preparing for the entrance exam, but got 216 marks. According to the law on orphanages in Afghanistan, orphans and homeless children are not admitted to orphanages after graduation and must find a place to live on their own. After graduating from school, Susan Mohammadi had a hard time finding a place to live, and now that the Taliban have come to power in Afghanistan and she is a young and homeless girl, she is in fear that the Taliban group will kill her. Marry their people. Here is an interview with him who describes his problems as follows:

Dear Susan, how old are you and where were you born?

Susan Mohammadi: I do not know exactly where I was born and who my mother and father are. All I know is that I was sent to Aladdin Orphanage as a child. There is nothing written in my papers to find out who handed me over here and how old I am.

Where did you study?

Susan Mohammadi: I finished school inside the orphanage and after graduating from the Kabul orphanage school, I took the entrance exam, but I was unsuccessful because I made a mistake in choosing my favorite college. Because our only problem after graduating from school was pulling our homeless youth out of the orphanage and the lack of a clear place to continue living. I tried to find a scholarship and went to the Women's Empowerment Department at the Ministry of Women's Affairs. I joined Goharshad University without a fee and succeeded in the Faculty of Law, Science and Politics after taking the entrance exam. Goharshad University, although I was accepted for a scholarship, I had to pay a fee for seeing this university. With the help of the Women's Empowerment Department, I was able to introduce myself to Afghan-Canadian women as a project (Kafu), and these women funded me financially to pay for university fees. With the help of Canadian women, in addition to the university fee, I also supported my living expenses, and in order to keep my university scholarship, I studied more so that my grades would not be less than 85 percent. To get. I was in the third grade of university when the Taliban came to Afghanistan due to bad luck. Although private universities were initially allowed to operate and I studied there until the end of the semester, we have been on leave for some time and we are waiting for the

Where did you live before the Taliban entered?

Susan Mohammadi: One day the conditions were favorable for me to meet with President Ashraf Ghani and I complained to him about the head of the Kabul orphanage who does not care about us and they kill us after we leave the orphanage while we have no shelter. Ashraf Ghani ordered me and a few friends to introduce me to the government-run girls' dormitory at Kabul University. After going to the dormitory of the university, they did not allow us to live in the dormitory due to the lack of a biometric ID card issued on the basis of the parents' ID card. My two friends and I had to spend the same night in the courtyard of Kabul University while the weather was cold and we did not have warm clothes. He was looking for us in the courtyard of the university. We saw him by chance and he brought us to his house and covered him. We lived in her house for a while and that Ms. Hashemi went back to Canada and supported us financially. Finally, with thousands of problems, I prepared biometric documents and joined the dormitory of the university, and I spent three years in the dormitory with many problems.

You mentioned the problems in the girls' dormitory. What problems did you have during the previous government?

Susan Mohammadi: The only problem for us girls in the dormitory was that the conditions were good and there was no standard and they only gave us three meals a day, which was not of good quality and the amount was very small and not enough for us

We could see that the staff of the dormitory did not have enough salaries; They carried our food with them. With the release of the corona in Afghanistan, we were released from the dormitory and the gates of the dormitory were closed to all students. Students from the provinces went to their homes, but I, who was out of place, rented a room with a few other girls in the garden, but it was difficult for us to get bread because we lived in an orphanage and had the experience of cooking. We did not have. My biggest problem was that the dormitory was on leave during the three winter months. Those who had families went to their homes, but I, who do not know my family, wondered where to go. Sometimes I would go to my classmates' house, but because I am a girl and it is very difficult to get to know many people, I go everywhere with stress and fear. I wish the government would consider this issue in order to have a specific law or strategy for the orphans who are homeless.

Before the Taliban rule, although I decided to work several times, they did not respond positively to wherever I went. Because in those circumstances, in addition to having a degree and knowledge, it was necessary to know English and computer. Since I can not afford English and computer courses, I have not been able to find a job and rent at least one room.

Only I know the orphanage and the dormitory and I have no knowledge of the community. I was afraid of everyone and I do not dare to talk. Because I feel emotionally lonely and I long to live with my family like everyone else. I was completely tired of the conditions of the dormitories and places, and the official bash and people's houses, and I do not have so-called free hands and feet. I hope to finish my education, which is government to announce when girls will be allowed to study only one year left in my spare time, and become self-sufficient and form a life, and rid myself of the nightmare and forced life with others.

How did you feel and what did you lose when the Taliban came to power?

Susan Mohammadi: When the Taliban came, like thousands of Afghan girls and women, I was afraid to go out without a Muharram. Because in the first period of the Taliban rule, no woman had the right to go out without a Muharram, and women were even flogged. After the situation became somewhat normal, after contacting my professors and classmates, I went to the university and shared my problem with one of the professors of the orphanage. He put me in his house and I still live with him. But I do not have the money for living expenses. Before the Taliban government, an institution called (Sula) helped me financially. With the arrival of the Taliban, this organization left Afghanistan with its staff, and now there is no institution or source to fund me. I mean, during the previous government, I was suffering from homelessness. Now I have no

As a law student, what do you suggest to restore the rights of women and children in Afghanistan?

Susan Mohammadi: Unfortunately in Afghanistan, despite the establishment of various legal offices and women's rights projects; Women and children did not and do not have relative rights and still do not have the right to study and work. Women and children in the provinces of Afghanistan have no human rights and women and children are used as tools. Even women are sold in exchange for animals. During the Islamic Emirate, dissolving the Ministry of Women's Affairs is one of the reasons for not restoring women's rights. In this ministry, which employed hundreds of widows and homeless women, and which provided working conditions and projects for women and girls like me, it has now been dissolved and replaced by the Ministry of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Bad.

What do you want from the current government

Susan Mohammadi: My request to the Islamic Emirate is, first of all, to allow us girls to study and put into practice what they say in language. The Islamic Emirate should pay attention to orphans and homeless children and provide better living and educational conditions in orphanages. Prevent the entry of children who are not orphans and are included in the orphanage through mediation and knowledge, so that the rights of deserving children are not lost

Orphanages not only provide shelter for orphaned children and adolescents; Rather, prepare them for different jobs and professions so that they become self-sufficient after the age of eighteen and do not go door to door like me

However, achieving this goal in the current situation is a dream, and until we see Afghanistan as legal worldwide, our generation may not be in this world. But I still hope to see positive and good changes as soon as possible

There are many businessmen living in Afghanistan who go to Dubai and other countries for entertainment every month; If they and the Islamic bread, no shelter, and I am not allowed to work or study. Emirate work together to reduce their extra expenses and help the orphans, no orphan will be left homeless

Finally, if you have something to say, can you say it?

Susan Mohammadi: Thank you for contacting me and asking about my life situation. I hope that Afghan women or someone at the helm of Canadian women will read my interview and, if possible, arrange for me to come to Canada, which I have heard about, and sponsor me to study and work without fear and to address the shortcomings of life. I will waste and spend the rest of my life in happiness. Because I do not have peace of mind here

Ms. Susan Mohammadi, thank you.