Taliban regime's evil just beginning to be revealed - analysis
The Taliban's rule over Afghanistan looks to be returning to the horrors of the 1990's.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: MAY 7, 2022
The Taliban were seeking to again force women to wear the burqa in public this weekend. This comes after weeks during which Shi’ite minorities in Afghanistan have been targeted in bombings and terror attacks. The Taliban rule of Afghanistan looks to be returning to the horrors of the 1990s – and this time, its return to power was paved by Qatar, Pakistan and other countries. The US and the West’s intervention in Afghanistan had the unintended consequence of weakening opposition to the Taliban and helping their return to power, cementing their control even more than it was prior to 9/11.
“Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burqa in public -- one of the harshest controls imposed on women's lives since the hardline Islamists seized power,” an AFP report said. "Those women who are not too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia [Islamic law] directives, in order to avoid provocation when meeting men who are not mahram (adult close male relatives)," the decree said. The Taliban are also trying to get women to stay home and not work.
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The Taliban's rule over Afghanistan looks to be returning to the horrors of the 1990's.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: MAY 7, 2022
The Taliban were seeking to again force women to wear the burqa in public this weekend. This comes after weeks during which Shi’ite minorities in Afghanistan have been targeted in bombings and terror attacks. The Taliban rule of Afghanistan looks to be returning to the horrors of the 1990s – and this time, its return to power was paved by Qatar, Pakistan and other countries. The US and the West’s intervention in Afghanistan had the unintended consequence of weakening opposition to the Taliban and helping their return to power, cementing their control even more than it was prior to 9/11.
“Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burqa in public -- one of the harshest controls imposed on women's lives since the hardline Islamists seized power,” an AFP report said. "Those women who are not too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia [Islamic law] directives, in order to avoid provocation when meeting men who are not mahram (adult close male relatives)," the decree said. The Taliban are also trying to get women to stay home and not work.
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