Afghan women are erased by the Taliban as the international community looks on

[Cherie]

The oppression of Afghan women continues unabated before the eyes of the world. The Taliban imposed severe new restrictions earlier this month, with women not only obliged to cover their faces but now forbidden from raising their voices, singing or reading aloud in public. Western countries – led by the US and EU – have condemned the new laws but also seem resigned to the Taliban regime, which offers some stability in the region.

Invisible, and now silent. Three years after the Taliban's return to power, Afghan women continue to see their few remaining rights dwindle away.

A Taliban ministry promulgated a new set of laws on August 21 that it said “will be of great help in the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice”. The laws aim to control all aspects of the social and private life of Afghans, especially of Afghan women.
Among the rules in the 114-page text published by the ministry is the requirement for women to cover their bodies and faces completely if they leave the house as well as a ban on women making their voices heard in public.

The new laws are “attacking their very existence”, Chekeba Hachemi, president of the organisation Free Afghanistan, told FRANCE 24.

“We no longer have the right to hear the sound of a woman's voice, or to see even a glimpse of a woman's body. It's as if we were telling them: ‘We want to kill you slowly’.”

:sad: this is something to get het up about not walk on girls in Darts

[bots]

what gets me is that the taliban wouldn't be able to oppress women without the male population supporting them. It's never going to change there

[Livia]

Ahhh the loving culture of Islam, coming soon to a town near you.

[arista]

"Free Afghanistan"

Yes it is not possible
the Taliban control their nation.

What do they want?
Another invasion?

[Livia]

Let's remember the number of soldiers who died and were wounded there, before Joe Biden called a sudden withdrawal and made their loss and suffering mean nothing. The problems there now can be traced straight back to him.

[bots]

Let's remember the number of soldiers who died and were wounded there, before Joe Biden called a sudden withdrawal and made their loss and suffering mean nothing. The problems there now can be traced straight back to him.

it was trump that planned it and released 5000 taliban prisoners that could then take the country back

[arista]

it was trump that planned it and released 5000 taliban prisoners that could then take the country back


Yes But Joe Biden
rushed it all

[Livia]

it was trump that planned it and released 5000 taliban prisoners that could then take the country back

Maybe... But it was Biden who called a snap withdrawal from the country. He assured Americans that the government in Afghanistan would not likely fall and that the withdrawal would be orderly. Furthermore he ignored the advice of his own military.

[Maru]

We left so much of our heavy machinery and weapons there. They pretty much got everything. They can effectively terrorize their own population and there's nothing that can be done about it.

[Quantum Boy]

We left so much of our heavy machinery and weapons there.

Twice.

[Nicky91]

all those lovely afghan women queens are very much welcome to come live in Netherlands, if it were up to me


our captain of the fortuna sittard women is a afghan international btw :flutter:

[Benjamin]

It makes me so sad these women are being so oppressed. Whats worse is their rights are being taken away. If you’ve never had the rights you don’t know what it’s like (still terrible of course) but it’s like they’ve had a sample of what life could be like and it’s been snatched away.

[Niamh.]

It makes me so sad these women are being so oppressed. Whats worse is their rights are being taken away. If you’ve never had the rights you don’t know what it’s like (still terrible of course) but it’s like they’ve had a sample of what life could be like and it’s been snatched away.It's horrific, they must feel so powerless as well

[Alf]

Some people are more angry that women are walking darts players to the stage than this.

[bots]

Maybe... But it was Biden who called a snap withdrawal from the country. He assured Americans that the government in Afghanistan would not likely fall and that the withdrawal would be orderly. Furthermore he ignored the advice of his own military.

oh, what biden did was a disaster, and not just for americans, but for british and all the afghan people that had been helping the west

[Cherie]

Some people are more angry that women are walking darts players to the stage than this.

So true Alf

[Mystic Mock]

The oppression of Afghan women continues unabated before the eyes of the world. The Taliban imposed severe new restrictions earlier this month, with women not only obliged to cover their faces but now forbidden from raising their voices, singing or reading aloud in public. Western countries – led by the US and EU – have condemned the new laws but also seem resigned to the Taliban regime, which offers some stability in the region.

Invisible, and now silent. Three years after the Taliban's return to power, Afghan women continue to see their few remaining rights dwindle away.

A Taliban ministry promulgated a new set of laws on August 21 that it said “will be of great help in the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice”. The laws aim to control all aspects of the social and private life of Afghans, especially of Afghan women.
Among the rules in the 114-page text published by the ministry is the requirement for women to cover their bodies and faces completely if they leave the house as well as a ban on women making their voices heard in public.

The new laws are “attacking their very existence”, Chekeba Hachemi, president of the organisation Free Afghanistan, told FRANCE 24.

“We no longer have the right to hear the sound of a woman's voice, or to see even a glimpse of a woman's body. It's as if we were telling them: ‘We want to kill you slowly’.”

:sad: this is something to get het up about not walk on girls in Darts

The clothing is one thing.

But not letting women be able to speak in public is just depraved.

[Vanessa]

If I was a woman in there I would just leave. Pretend I'm going on holiday, but never come back.
They're a disgrace. Women have zero rights there and it gets worse everyday.

[Benjamin]

If I was a woman in there I would just leave. Pretend I'm going on holiday, but never come back.
They're a disgrace. Women have zero rights there and it gets worse everyday.

The trouble is most of them can’t leave.

[Mystic Mock]

The trouble is most of them can’t leave.

Exactly.

[Livia]

Young Afghan men make up a huge proportion of illegals crossing the channel. Imagine leaving your women to fend for themselves in that kind of society.

[Oliver_W]

Don't criticise other cultures :nono:

[arista]

Young Afghan men make up a huge proportion of illegals crossing the channel. Imagine leaving your women to fend for themselves in that kind of society.


Yes that's a sad ending
for those women.

[bots]

Afghan women are not allowed out in public unless accompanied by a man, for all but short distances, so a woman just cant flee anywhere, it's simply impossible

[arista]

Afghan women are not allowed out in public unless accompanied by a man, for all but short distances, so a woman just cant flee anywhere, it's simply impossible


Yes Strict Taliban Rules
are in full power

[Niamh.]

If I was a woman in there I would just leave. Pretend I'm going on holiday, but never come back.
They're a disgrace. Women have zero rights there and it gets worse everyday.

I don't think these women would be allowed to just go on holiday Vanessa

[Niamh.]

Afghan women are not allowed out in public unless accompanied by a man, for all but short distances, so a woman just cant flee anywhere, it's simply impossible

Plus even if they did by some miracle manage to cross the border, I don't think the countries they'd land in would be sympathetic to them