Kabulsky syndrome

For more than three years that have passed since the return of the Taliban to power, the women of Afghanistan went through all the stages of grief and were in a condition familiar to many people who have been hostage for a long time.

“Now they believe that the Taliban is useful for them, that it ensures their safety, that the best for them is to remain locked in their homes, that all this is done for their good,” says Batul Hydaria, Afghan psychologist. “The only explanation for what these women experience is Stockholm syndrome.”

Being in exile, Batula helps women and girls cope with the Taliban war, directed against their existence. She supported many of them during periods of shock, anger and depression caused by the loss of freedom due to numerous decrees. But what she sees now is much worse: this is acceptance.

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