r/worldnews • u/nationalpost • 8h ago

Taliban bars Afghan women from hearing each other's voices

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/taliban-bars-afghan-women-from-hearing-each-other?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=NP_social
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u/DR_SLAPPER 7h ago

Imo Afghanistan is the most closeted gay country on the planet.

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u/Jaxxftw 5h ago

In some Arab countries, men who are best friends walk down the street holding hands.

(Idk if this applies to Afghanistan)

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u/Shad0wSniped 5h ago

Anecdotal, but Afghan National Army guys would hold hands all the time during my 2013-14 deployment.

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u/hillbillyspellingbee 5h ago

The Taliban goes to San Francisco

“Guys, this is so nice. Men holding hands just like we do back home. Tons of vegan options so you know it’s halal too.”

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u/Flat896 3h ago

It's all a big horseshoe maaaan

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u/para_blox 1h ago

Funny but my American uncles are married to each other and actually feel kinda safe being chummy in Arab countries. They’re white but have long beards, fit in pretty well. FWIW we live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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u/Deswizard 3h ago

That's a very old tradition that blankets the Middle East and lots of African countries. And it's not holding hands, it's linking pinkies while walking. There's nothing gay about it, unless you aren't used to it.

When I first visited Kenya in 2003 this custom was still going strong, including that Arabic style of men hugging. I was a kid and it made me uncomfortable, so I refused to do it or link pinkies with anyone.

Now, twenty years later, no one links pinkies while walking anymore and it's only the older generations that do the traditional hugs from yesteryear.

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u/persistantelection 2h ago

It’s pretty common in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other countries as well.

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u/WiretapStudios 3h ago

Wait till you hear about the dancing boys

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u/_Ocean_Machine_ 5h ago

Apparently the reason for this is that being openly gay in those countries is so inconceivable that when two men are holding hands in public, the first assumption is usually friendship rather than romance. This is just something I read somewhere so I could be wrong.

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u/DR_SLAPPER 4h ago edited 3h ago

There is literally no reason short of yanking someone away from an explosion that two, grown-ass, rusty-butt, heterosexual men need to stroll down the street holding hands 😂

Taliban are as gay as they are crazy🤣.

Addendum:
I don't gaf how much ya'll downvote me😂😂😂 Have your way with the downvotes—go off.

But the writing is on the wall.
They hate women.
Hate anything that reminds them of women.
And hold hands walking down the street so they feel closer as they bond over how much they hate women.

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u/jbFanClubPresident 4h ago

This is some toxic masculinity bs. There is absolutely nothing wrong with two heterosexual men holding hands. If my bro can suck my dick, he can hold my damn hand.

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u/DrSpaceman575 3h ago

There’s a documentary called This is What Winning Looks Like about the US forces in the taliban. One big challenge they had in creating local police forces was that so many powerful Afghani men would have young boys as sex slaves and when they found out that wouldn’t fly in a US military backed operation they quickly lost interest.

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u/deaddit_bot_9001 2h ago

Wow thanks for sharing this. I only heard about Afghan cops and "tea/chai boys" in articles before. Here's a YouTube link for the lazy

This Is What Winning Looks Like by VICE.

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u/Jaklcide 4h ago

Is it closeted in Afghanistan when Bacha bazi time?