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Peerzada Tufail Ahmad, and Brishna Nasrat
Volume 6 Issue 2 | Dec 2023
DOI: 10.31841/KJSSH-6.2-2023-64
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In 2001, as a result of 9/11, the USA invaded Afghanistan to counter-terrorism and the invasion was legitimised by the justification of liberating Afghan women. However, the USA's claim to liberate the women of Afghanistan by waging war impacted and adversely affected the lives of Afghan women as they became vulnerable to more violence and discrimination. This paper analyses the legitimacy of the justification for waging war to liberate women and ensure their rights from the feminist perspective. The USA's ignorance and rejection of the voices of Afghan women regarding the invasion and neglecting their participation in the peace negotiations for the sake of agreement needs to be questioned. The paper focuses on how the USA justified its Invasion of Afghanistan, claiming to save and empower Afghan women through war, which is against the basic notion of feminist theory of war. The paper also highlights and examines the other reasons the U.S. provided to legitimise its invasion. The paper argues that the promotion of women's rights and ensuring women's empowerment in Afghanistan is a critical issue to be tackled; however, in a state of invasion or war, rights cannot be preserved, but they would be violated in a worse manner. Keywords: United States, Invasion, Women's Rights, Afghanistan, War, Feminism.