about the prospects of potential negations with the Taliban and she responded that “I consider the Taliban my children and would be willing to invite them back home”. Of course, if such a statement were true, the Taliban would not continue to kill and stone their own mothers as was the case in Kandahar, Ghazni, Badghis and Kunduz in recent times. It is this trivialization of groups that not only ideologically oppose women's rights but openly reject the mere physical presence of women in the public sphere that is sadly representative for the often gullible perspectives held by many politicized Afghan women. In summary, the combination of the premature withdrawal of the international community, the dubious, covert and non-transparent process of political negotiations with extremist groups, the resurgence of religious conservative circles, the unfortunate division and fragmentation among Afghan civil society groups as well as Afghan women's own shortcomings, present serious possibilities of a relapse into the past and a repetition of history that will once again turn back the clock for millions of Afghan women. In order to address these huge and increasing obstacles to women's political, legislative and legal participation, the following recommendations are made based on the analysis of the consultative legislative theatre activities: A. Policy Recommendations 1. The Afghan government should make all efforts to ensure the human security of women in the country. Human security includes ensuring a life free from fear, poverty and threats of all sorts. 2. The Afghan government should ensure the implementation of women's political rights by developing and enforcing specific policies to increase women's presence in government agencies as well as senior diplomatic and political positions. 3. To strengthen women's political participation, the registration of a political party with the Ministry of Justice should be conditioned on a substantial percentage of women's membership. 4. To create safeguards and promote women rights, the Afghan government should appoint qualified women to senior positions of security institutions, particularly the Ministry of Interior and the National Directorate of Security. 5. The Afghan government should develop a policy to reserve 50% of senior positions in the Afghan Supreme Court and the Attorney General office for women. 6. The Afghan government should provide the necessary opportunities for women to enjoy their right to higher education, particularly by providing AHRDO Afghan Women after the Taliban: Will History Repeat Itself? Page 7