Commentary As the Afghanistan crisis unfolds, the emerging reports of suffering, violence, and brutality inflicted on the Afghan people at the hands of the Taliban are devastating. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, women in particular are in grave danger. As former President George W. Bush said, “I’m afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm.” Before the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Afghans lived under the Taliban’s oppressive enforcement of Sharia law. Under the Taliban’s rule, nearly all women were prohibited from getting an education. Except for a few approved female doctors, women were forbidden from working outside of the home. Burkas and male chaperones were required for women outside of their homes. Further, women were prohibited from socializing with males beyond their family. Those who disobeyed the Taliban could be publicly flogged or executed. In the 20 years that followed the toppling of the Taliban’s control of …