Taliban Imposes New Ban on Women’s Traditional Household Activities - The Afghan Times
theafghantimes.com
The Taliban have introduced yet another restriction on Afghan women, this time banning them from washing clothes, carpets, and household items at public water sources such as canals, ponds, and reservoirs in Kandahar province — the base of Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. According to a credible local source, the order came from the Taliban’s
  • selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    2 days ago

    Those fuckers shouldn’t be allowed to call themselves men. It’s an insult to real men. They shouldn’t even be called human. Disgusting.

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
    5·
    2 days ago

    They’re ramping back up to the same level as they were, before 9/11 again. Pretty soon, they’ll be holding public executions for even the smallest of “crimes”.

  • SanctimoniousApe
    4·
    2 days ago

    And the rest of the world just collectively shrugs & ignores this abuse because there’s no profit in doing something about it. Fucking disgusting.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      23·
      2 days ago

      Profit? I recall we gave trillions of dollars to the American military on the promise that they were going to wipe out the Taliban and restore the rights of Afghanistan women. Not only did they fail and leave the Taliban stronger than before, they couldn’t even pass an audit to tell us how they spent the money, even in the broadest not-secret terms. Somebody definitely made a profit, Halliburton and Blackstone among them.

      • SanctimoniousApe
        6·
        2 days ago

        And you’d think they’d be clamoring for more, but they’re just fine selling to Israel & Ukraine for now. If the Gaza situation holds, maybe they’ll go back to that well. Or maybe not considering Trump probably doesn’t want to upset the business deals he’s made with neighboring countries.

        Regardless, we know the US ain’t exactly the bastion of decency nowadays, but will nobody else stand up to this?

        • Maeve@kbin.earth
          5·
          2 days ago

          Or this article is manufacturing consent for USA Bagram covetnouss.

          Eta:

          https://archive.is/RE8Rp

          According to a credible local source,

          🤨

          I have no idea. And I’ve heard this “protecting women” and witnessed first hand the B’s bs that is. But USA is clamoring for war everywhere.