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‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies
(www.theguardian.com)
fuuuuuck
That was a rough read
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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We spent nearly 20 years and trillions of dollars the get the Taliban out, but Trump negotiated with them and capitulated. When we finally left, the Taliban picked up right where they left off. Many years, lives, and money totally wasted.
Be as outraged as you want, but this is exactly what they want. Their stone-age religion is more important to them than human life.
Arguably we made it worse. They would probably have regressed towards the mean had we not waged war on them for 20 years, tried to shove our supposed values by force, in the process only further convincing them that such values are hollow and meaningless and encouraging the leadership of the more violent, radical people.
Make no mistake Trump and his cronie would have this be the law in the US if they could get away with their hyper-christian nationalism.
preach 🙏
Frankly this was not the USs business anyways it's good that he pulled out
The Dumpster didn't actually do the pullout tho. He left it for Biden to do, then blamed him for how poorly it was done.
They dare call themselves men, while letting this happen?
They are men. Just as much as the next. They are simply the evil variant of men.
They’re “protecting” the women.
Slaves. To them, women are slaves, objects that are owned and can be bartered for other things. When you look at it like that, it makes a lot of sense
Yes, and they have no shortage of women willing to reinforce that mentality.
Fucking hell that's just brutal
Senseless non-violence that kills... Wtf
No make no mistake; that's not non-violence. Infringing on people's freedom of movement (or anything other right) under threat of violence is violence.
You're speaking like that makes a difference to a Taliban
It doesn't, but it makes—or should make—a difference to the people outside of Afghanistan. This is violence, and therefore a violent response to it is completely justified and shouldn't make the outside world say bullshit like "But extremism!" or "Can't they just Nonviolently Resist™?". Also—and probably more importantly—it's important to be consistent in our understanding of this stuff, because, for example, Zionists use these same fallacies to discredit the Palestinian resistance.
You totally don't get what I'm saying. I agree with your points and it is violence. But Talibans don't understand any civilized arguments. Easier to teach a pig to do tricks than a Taliban to be civilized.
physical violence is not the only type of violence
Are people allowed to leave Iran?
Yes, but it can be troublesome for some to get a passport issued. I think they also recently added a (roughly) $1000 "travel tax" to restrict leaving. However, this story is about Afghanistan. No male escorts are currently needed in Iran.
Edit: I was way off on the departure tax. It's IRR2.2m, which is currently about $52.
While Iran is also not a good place for women, this story is about Afghanistan.