The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn’t cause broken bones or open wounds.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/taliban-new-penal-code-legalizes-domestic-violence-against-women/
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They had education, sports and more rights for girls and now they don’t.
“Yeah we bombed the shit out of them for 50 years, but we gave them soccer!”
Your bombs will never be liberating.
K.
They also enslaved and raped little boys.
In fact, part of the extreme fundamentalism is as a reaction to the US propping up people who were into bacha bazi.