Commentary
Less than a year since the chaotic U.S. departure from Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, the Taliban, despite promises to the contrary, have returned to being, well, the Taliban.
That means misogyny on an almost incomprehensible scale. The burqa is back, accompanied by women locked in their homes. For the most part, forget about school and work, and those men who might be sympathetic to their wives and daughters better get with the program.
From Reuters:
“A decree from the group’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, said that if a woman did not cover her face outside home, her father or closest male relative would be visited and face potential prison or firing from state jobs.
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