The Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan, and the prospect of a peace deal, has raised many concerns - not least of all regarding women's rights. The concerns of Afghan women are, however, often expressed not by them but by others. In general, Afghan women have rarely done the speaking, interpreting, or narrating of their own stories, at least in foreign narratives on Afghanistan. This is particularly true of women living under Taliban rule. This silencing has allowed, and continues to allow, Afghan women to be used as symbols upon which foreign narratives are opportunistically superimposed. Afghan women have thus become a critical discursive battleground in the war for Afghanistan’s future. Based on the author's extensive fieldwork with women living under Taliban control, Taliban commanders and western diplomats, this paper will look at the narrative silencing of Afghan women from multiple angles. Drawing on the work of scholars including Gayarti Spivak, Cynthia Enloe, and Valentine Moghadam, it will examine the narratives around the Taliban and women constructed in 1990s through the US-led invasion to topple the Taliban government. It will then look at representations of Afghan women in contemporary western media and Taliban narratives. In conclusion, it will explore how women living under Taliban control view themselves within these representations.