Suicides by women in Afghanistan are skyrocketing according to a new report that has come out a year after President Biden catastrophically pulled US forces from the country handing it over to the Taliban.

The despair of Afghanistan women suffering under the deadly oppression of the Taliban is palpable to all women and it should bring great shame to the Biden administration.

One young woman was kept from becoming a doctor and then was forced into a marriage with her cousin who was a heroin addict. She felt she had nothing left to live for and proceeded to take her own life in a country where more women than men commit suicide.

“I had two options: to marry an addict and live a life of misery or take my own life,” the 18-year-old stated during a phone interview from her home in central Ghor province with The Guardian. “I chose the latter.”

Taliban’s restrictive measures in Afghanistan have led to a distressing surge in female suicides. In a harrowing turn of events, an alarming number of Afghan women, facing limited freedoms in education, work, and movement, are committing suicide, as revealed by a investigation by… pic.twitter.com/hhvrfdZDzd

— Afghanistan Times (@AfghanistanTime) August 28, 2023

She is far from alone as the Taliban cracks down harder and harder on women by the day. Since they came to power in 2021, data from public hospitals and mental health clinics across a third of Afghanistan’s provinces shows a massive surge in female suicides.

The Guardian reported, “Taliban authorities have not published data on suicides and have barred health workers from sharing up-to-date statistics in multiple provinces, medics say. Health workers agreed to privately share figures for the year from August 2021 to August 2022 to highlight an urgent public health crisis. The data suggests Afghanistan has become one of the very few countries worldwide where more women than men die by suicide.”

“The figures are partial but give a snapshot across Afghanistan’s wide demographic and geographic range. They cover provinces variously dominated by all of Afghanistan’s major ethnic groups, provinces ranging from southern deserts to northern mountains, and largely rural areas and others around major cities,” the media outlet reported.

Women are barred from getting an education above the elementary level, from most work, and from entering bars, parks, bathhouses, or other public spaces, including restaurants.

#OPINION: #Afghanistan has the dubious distinction of being the only country where women have substantially higher suicide rates than men, representing upwards of 80 percent of cases, writes Baria Alamuddin. #TalibanApartheid pic.twitter.com/72sWgxE1hH

— ARAB NEWS UAE (@ARABNEWSUAE) August 21, 2023

“Afghanistan is in the midst of a mental health crisis precipitated by a women’s rights crisis,” Alison Davidian, the country representative for UN Women, commented. “We are witnessing a moment where growing numbers of women and girls see death as preferable to living under the current circumstances.”

World Health Organization (WHO) data shows that globally, more than twice the number of men die by suicide compared to women. But not in Afghanistan. It was true there until after 2019, but now that is no longer the case.

Out of 11 provinces surveyed, only one showed men tending toward suicide more than women according to the Guardian. In that province, Afghani men attempt to cross illegally into Iran to get away from the Taliban. If they fail, suicide is seen as a preferable option.

But in the other 10 provinces, women and girls are far more likely to take their lives after living under forced servitude, arranged marriages, and rape on a regular basis. All but forgotten by Biden and the leftists as part of the fallout over their actions.

Women are thought to make up more than three-quarters of recorded suicide deaths and treated survivors in Afghanistan. It’s hard to tell exactly how many die from suicide because it is considered shameful in the country and is covered up by families and by the Taliban. Those who kill themselves many times are buried in unmarked graves. Those who survive an attempt typically are not allowed treatment according to the Guardian.

Such a terrible article in the Guardian today that Afghanistan is now one of the few countries with a higher suicide rate for women.

— Lillie Langtry (@Lillie_Langtry) August 28, 2023

Hospitals are reportedly buckling under an increase in patients who require mental healthcare in the terrorist-held country. Medics in Herat province revealed that only 25 mental health beds are available for a population of millions.

“Patients do not get the hospitalization time and counseling they need. Many times, we put two patients in one bed,” one worker remarked.

UN-appointed rights experts have warned of systematic “gender apartheid” and “gender persecution” in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

“Grave, systematic and institutionalized discrimination against women and girls is at the heart of Taliban ideology and rule, which also gives rise to concerns that it may be responsible for gender apartheid,” UN Special reporter on Afghanistan Richard Bennett told the council in Geneva according to Middle East Monitor.

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