Taliban banning college books written by women

Until there are better groupings for threads there will be multiple threads started, then dropping down the lists of most recent activities.

This way, by adding to an existing thread, it actually keeps your thread more in the headlines.

After all, iirc you posted this same story on the books topic area, so it's obvious you want to draw attention to what's going on

There's several dozen already

Horrific , I have no words !

Yes there are quite a few Afghanistan focused threads and there's been a few more since my earlier Directory list.

I think MN for other topics are trialling a grouping together of threads under a topic say with tags

(Using this thread as a place for news on Afghan women)

King meets women's cricket team that is not allowed to exist - BBC News

Crossing the main topics of this talkboard here. The poster seems to be Afghan.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1uemrfr/its_a_femboy/

Though I'm not quite sure what the difference is between a femboy and a tw

Someone else has noticed the BBC's framing of Afghan Dads selling their daughter's into sexual slavery trying to make the fathers out as the victims

https://youtube.com/shorts/48fjHotMLNw?si=DoxMiNypSXpD04FL

I hadn't realised that was an old thread that had been revived (there have been quite a few started over the past couple of years)

Anyhow I saw this which is related, and maybe shows being part of th EU has some drawbacks.

European Women's Lobby outraged by European Commission’s invitation to meet the Taliban.
https://womenlobby.org/ewl-calls-for-immediate-withdrawal-of-taliban-invitation/

This recent articles list some of the many other issues. One of which is the forced return of Afghans from Pakistan because of tensions there.

But the article does highlight how this impacts on women and children.

https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/afghanistan-s-deepening-malnutrition-crisis-a-human-rights-emergency

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Another aspect which isn't talked about as much is that the harvesting and sale of poppies created a sizeable income for the country.

But the current regime has stopped the cultivation of poppies (which in terms of making opium less available is good) but has has a knock efffect.

Article from the time of the ban https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-poppy-ban-leaves-afghan-farmers-angry-jobless/a-70977767

Government mismanagement and aid cuts

3 out of 4 Afghans now in acute food hunger

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q25dwj807o

Already a thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5531729-afghanistan-selling-children-guess-which-ones

Bit of background on the Taliban Pakistan beef via some screenshots of the FT

https://nitter.net/DoubleEph/status/2028513839319232923#m

The Taliban still hooked on suicide bombing even with the availability of drones to do the same thing

Well if Pakistan somehow "win" it will do nothing for women as many women in Pakistan are equally limited in their right to be an equal citizen. In fact from an earlier thread of the many their have now been on FWR someone linked to an article that showed the particular brand or practice of Islam by the Taliban is based on a version practised in Pakistan.

I'm wondering if the news from Iran is maybe going to force a truce. Or China banging heads together.

Pakistan now at 'open war' with the Taliban. Whatever that means for the women or for the rest of the world.

https://time.com/7381546/pakistan-afghanistan-taliban-war-strikes-attacks-border-clash-terrorism-explainer/

The birth rate is really high and the age of marriage is really young. I think many in power consider women disposable/ replaceable so a wife dies then it’s probably a judgement from god and you can get another.

If you consider women as sub- human and only good for the begetting and rearing of children then it doesn’t make sense to spend resources like medical care on them as it’s often cheaper to replace with a younger one,

It's nightmarish.

How is the total dehumanisation and enslavement of 25 million people (the number of women and girls in Afghanistan) allowed to take place in this day and age without the world doing something?

But no one cares because it's only women. It's a brutal reminder to women globally of just how tenuous our positions are - wherever we live, we could be next to have our rights stripped away, and most men wouldn't even care unless it inconvenienced them.

On a global scale, it's the most depressing, enraging thing I've ever seen in my lifetime.

Actually it just occured to me that women arent seen as.full humans - the way they are treated is part of politicking - strict control of women according to Shariah was an explicit repudiation of the mujahadeen war lords.

Its as much a signal to Afghan men as it is anything to do with how the Taliban feel towards women.

I know, it seems such startling active attempts to destroy and harm women.

Enslaved and institutionally abused. I guess they have to try and hurt them in every way they can to stop them from rising up. Afghan women are fierce and the Taliban are far from universlly supported - so the cruelty is a necessary condition to keep them subjugated.

A hatred as old as Eve.

What exactly do the Taliban expect women to be in their society? It seems that they want women to die in huge numbers from illness, injury and domestic violence. What exactly is their end goal? If they could have a country without women would they prefer that?

Animals have more rights than women in Afghanistan.

Does not leave an open wound. Can't edit the above