Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe
Source: Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound to further complicate Taliban dealings with an already distrustful international community.
The decree, which calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa, evoked similar restrictions on women during the Taliban's previous rule between 1996 and 2001.
"We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety," said Khalid Hanafi, acting minister for the Taliban's vice and virtue ministry.
The Taliban previously decided against reopening schools to girls above grade 6, reneging on an earlier promise and opting to appease their hard-line base at the expense of further alienating the international community.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-49b17d77d03022ad4817eeecf4f5da93
The Taliban walked into Kabul without a shot being fired. President Ashraf Ghani didn't want ammunition, he needed a ride and made off with $80m in loot.
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Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)“America’s” Taliban heading.
lastlib
(28,264 posts)GMTA. 
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)Is America’s Taliban leader loves to see naked teenagers, and daughters.
Justice matters.
(9,787 posts)All authoritarian cultists are a bunch of hypocrites.
EX500rider
(12,583 posts)The US supported the Mujahedeen during the '80's Afghan war but the Taliban weren't formed till 1994 with help from Pakistan.
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)What the GQP religious cult intends to do to the women America. Control every aspect of their lives. OUR homegrown Taliban. On the bright side, MTG would be easier on the eyes in a head to toe Burka with black mesh covering her big ignorant mouth. You misunderstood stood my post. I was in no way claiming responsibility of Afghan Taliban on our withdrawal. Just a warning of our destiny under GQP evilgelical, gun toting nuts packed in pickup truck unfurling Their flags of their Messiah. That headline could be ours soon.
EX500rider
(12,583 posts)The female Fox News hosts don't exactly scream "fundamental" in their dress code.
Someone always says "The GOP wants to do that to!" when ever something like this goes on but I see zero indication the mainstream GOP want women to wear burkas and not go to school. I am sure there is some tiny cult somewhere who does but it is in no way mainstream GOP.
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)I was over jokingly exaggerating the extent the cult will go after abortion and birth control ban. GQP love to see as much of the bodies of women they can to objectify them in their patriarchal way. They are very beautiful “vessels.” Maybe burka’s will be Abbotts way to end Texas Rape.
It’s obvious many GQP like them young and naked.
Traildogbob
(13,018 posts)But like The Taliban school text book, the Karan, the only book allowed to be taught may be the BuyBull
Skittles
(171,710 posts)and they would get around to it
EX500rider
(12,583 posts)Where exactly are they trying to get burkas and no female secondary education introduced?
Nowhere. Not even a glimmer on the horizon.
Skittles
(171,710 posts)right now, these fuckers who called mask mandates TYRANNY would force a teenager to carry a rapist's baby to term - that is FAR worse than a burka
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE HOW LOW REPUKES CAN GO - THEY THRIVE ON IGNORANCE AND HATE
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over and OUT
speak easy
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mysteryowl
(9,315 posts)mysteryowl
(9,315 posts)What are the origins of completely covering up the female face and body? It is so severe!
I see a few women now and then in our city that do this, and I can't help but stare and wonder, what truly is going on here?
COL Mustard
(8,218 posts)Ya know, cause it's furrin. But they damn sure like their own version of it.
PatSeg
(53,214 posts)Women would be safe if men were civilized and respectable. They punish women for the weaknesses of the men who usually bear no responsibility for their actions.
mysteryowl
(9,315 posts)recognize them.
chowder66
(12,242 posts)
mysteryowl
(9,315 posts)In the end women's rights were traded away for nothing.
mn9driver
(4,848 posts)Along with the blood of many, many thousands of Afghanis.
The government fell in less than a week. The lesson here seems to be that outside of the cities, there is NO support for equal rights or protections for women that contradict the Taliban’s violent religious fundamentalism.
In some non-trivial ways, it bears a passing resemblance to the urban/rural divide in this country.
COL Mustard
(8,218 posts)If another terror attack originates from Afghanistan, we should literally bomb the hell out of them, kick over whatever assets we need to and get the hell out. Never again should the US occupy them and try to bring Western democracy to the people, who clearly don't want it.
Justice matters.
(9,787 posts)So they can buy yachts 'n mansions 'til they puke.
yardwork
(69,364 posts)For thousands of years, empires have been invading Afghanistan and regretting it.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)A conservative theocracy.
ancianita
(43,307 posts)Everywhere on Earth, children assume they have no choice. Legally, socially, economically, religiously. Because they don't. Children's minds, behavior and free wills are trained all over the Earth. Which is why they are so easy to lead even in adulthood. Some childhood trainings never die.
I've never seen a minor child make a choice to be trained into religious life. I have, however, seen many of them, once feeling independent of their families, opt out of their religious training. But only where there are safe, visible choices about how one might live one's life.
No adult can convince me that a child, boy or girl, who sees women covered all around her/him, including her/his mother, is not subtlely groomed to make her/his "free choice." Any child exposed to food, language, dress, deference to boys and men, silent obedience from women, religion as law, is conditioned into the free choice to be that way. It's self reinforcing, isn't it.
And so in the Christian sharia mindset of the United States. Along with racist lingo, none dare speak its name.
Historic NY
(40,037 posts)After 20yrs they want to go backward, it's just like the Republicans and Conservatives here they want to go backward, some all the way to Salem.
stopdiggin
(15,463 posts)A very substantial majority of the country - in the final result, had little real objection to Taliban governance, or rules. (and that after having had the advantage of living under that rule, and being quite well aware of its implications, previously)
Yes, I feel great sympathy for the women and children, living once again under harsh and repressive strictures. While also recognizing that a good percentage of women were/are also in support of this type of strict social order as well. (as they so often are) It appears, from this perspective, a great social tragedy. But - the Afghan people, in large part, chose to roll back the clock.
IronLionZion
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Aristus
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Wicked Blue
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Polybius
(21,900 posts)They are a party of perverts.
piddyprints
(15,107 posts)I don't think those words mean what he thinks they mean. 
turbinetree
(27,546 posts)SWBTATTReg
(26,257 posts)own people? Pathetic.
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)
BamaRefugee
(3,884 posts)
RealityBasedNewYorkr
(149 posts)Unbelievable waste of resources and lives.
sarisataka
(22,695 posts)So many were sure of
llashram
(6,269 posts)probably wished they could do this...they are already contemplating taking over women's bodies. So it would be a small step. And no surprise the Taliban would do this.
RussBLib
(10,635 posts)and then there is what's happening in Afghanistan.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)I do not shed a tear or care one bit. We wasted American lives and trillions of dollars to build a country for the Afghan people. They refused to fight and stood down in 11 days. They used us. They supply over 90% of the world's heroin. They use children (male and female) as slave sex toys. They want to smoke hash and have their little kingdoms.
We should have bombed the shit out of them and walked away. If they stuck their head up, then bomb them again. Repeat.
yardwork
(69,364 posts)They had nothing to do with 9/11. Why should we have invaded them?
EX500rider
(12,583 posts)..with it. The whole thing was planned there by the Al Qaeda leaders.
Taliban should have handed them over when we asked if they didn't want to go to war with the US.
yardwork
(69,364 posts)EX500rider
(12,583 posts)That's why they were in Afgh instead of SA, they were all wanted men in SA.
AQ called for the overthrow of the SA kingdom.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)The conflict was unwinnable from day one. Yet we stayed even as they increased their heroin production.
Xolodno
(7,350 posts)Their troops, police, etc. were often waiting for their pay. And what they got, was often skimmed by higher ups. That's why the President and his cabal up and bailed with all their cash. They knew they wouldn't be defended and probably always planned on getting their US aid and leave the country.
The Taliban was successful in negotiating with the troops, etc. because morale was immensely low, told to charge out there to fight them but don't even get paid for it.
We helped install corrupt leaders, whose parents were corrupt and fled the nation the last time around. There was never a chance.