Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities

Better get rid of every chemistry textbook containing a Mendelyev table. Marie Curie had a hand in a few of those.

Somehow, I dont think that'll matter to much in a Taliban university. May as well just go back to "earth, water, air and fire".
- It will matter. Even if the leadership is backward as shit, those guys still need engineers, doctors and other skilled workers.
- By your powers combined I am Captain Backwards!
  Captain Backwards
  He's a Zero, gonna take the Women out of school now
  He's the right wing, magnified and he fights against our equal rights
That doesn't matter, they just won't mention her.

It takes a very weak man to feel threatened by educated women.

It's sad what has been happening in Afghanistan during and after the withdrawal of American troops. The world sighed once, then turned it's attention elsewhere. But it keeps happening.

One cannot deny that all countries who used Afghanistan as a geopolitical joker for decades, bear a lot of responsibility here.
Esp. during the last 3 this could have been handled much, much better. But US foreign policy was firmly in the grip of a simplified Good vs Bad ~~ethic~~ narrative by then. Which in turn has only been a veneer for its greed.

That country has seen 40 years of war before, Soviet invasion, civil war and later anti terrorist operations. Lets hope there will be a revolution again, once the nation recognizes the need for reform from within. But I think foreign forces will intervene Saudi-Arabia would have a hand with funding the Taliban creating artificial stability. Pakistan and Iran would both interfere also with secret service operations.
Gtfo with that since america left it is sad. The US had a corrupt regime in place, not anyone's idea of good governance. Why are you tooling against afghanistan? Looking to steal their currency reserves again?
- I didn't mean to say that Afghanistan was in a good place before America left, if that's what you're upset about? Not quite sure what you mean tbh.
Gtfo with that since america left it is sad. The US had a corrupt regime in place, not anyone's idea of good governance. Why are you tooling against afghanistan? Looking to steal their currency reserves again?
All these posts just reek of ignorance as to what the United States had going on over there, and selective outrage to justify stealing from them, of which their poor will suffer as always the regime will be stronger.

And now with this chatter coming from the US about retaking Baghram Airbase it's likely a deal will be made with them, you know, turn a blind eye...

Feels like it's already both eyes squeezed firmly shut. Are there even more eyes to turn blind?
- Who's to say Trump doesn't say we all have three eyes now and governments fall over themselves to convince us it's true.

Nuggan is dead.

Yet you are only wringing your hands on afghanistan, not saudi arabia or elsewhere.

Seems like a concerted effort to sanction the regime, steal their currency in the global markets, and prevent them from buying food. Biden actively tried to starve those woman he claimed to care about too when he personally decided to steal half of Afghanistan's currency reserves they desperately needed to buy food to give to the 9/11 victims families for not extraditing and accused suspect to their hated enemy. I think you should rethink how much of a crime that is, not extraditing to an untrustworthy partner, let alone one that tortures people.

All of these Afghanistan posts just reek. Impoverishing them will not give woman more rights. Seeing as women are having their rights removed in the west here maybe you should concentrate on that?

First Class Whataboutism
- Why are you up in the arms about the tail man and not other cultures that don't respect women's rights?
What makes you think that? The Saudis are awful too, no one sane would say they're not.
- I definitely definitely don't agree with the person you're responding to, but if you know the whole history of how the middle east got to where it is today, seeing the British Broadcasting Corporation tut tut about human rights in the area might make you lose your mind as well.
Yes, the theft of Afghanistan's currency reserves was shameful and yes, no government in the world right now actually gives a shit about human rights in Afghanistan, but the Taliban are still violent misogynists and theocrats who should be overthrown. If I were Afghani I would be willing to work with a foreign government to do that, even though I know how badly that has worked out for Afghanistan in the past, because the Taliban really are that awful.