Simon Harris, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, said that with the return of this group to power, the human rights situation in Afghanistan has worsened, with women, girls, and minorities suffering the most.

Johann Wadephul, the German Foreign Minister, on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, said that with the return of this group to power, the lives of the Afghan people, especially women and girls, have been completely transformed.

On the fourth anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, members of the Afghanistan Women’s Movement in Exile, by holding a gathering in Pakistan, described the four years of Taliban rule as “an era of oppression, discrimination, ignorance, and the systematic elimination of women.”

While the Taliban refer to the fourth anniversary of their return to power as "Independence Day", this day is a reminder of the beginning of a dark chapter, filled with restrictions and repression, for Afghan women and girls.