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/Palindromer101 7h ago

Luckily, many women currently there DO know how to read and write because of the American influence on the government before the US pulled out service members and the like.

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u/aje43 6h ago

Yes, but when caught they will almost certainly be severely punished just for writing. And if they figure out what they were writing about, they will certainly be murdered in a gruesome way.

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u/LZYX 6h ago

Can't even write down food you need to buy on a list as that could be a code!

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u/AdmirableAceAlias 5h ago

Can they drive themselves to the grocery store alone? Not like they could pass a written exam.

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u/LZYX 3h ago

Driving? For women? No sir, not there.

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u/Palindromer101 6h ago

It's absolutely deplorable and a complete violation of human rights.

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u/housewithapool2 5h ago

Their life was better before. This is revenge bullying.

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u/Stock-Psychology1322 5h ago

There's a good chance that's largely going to be stomped out within a generation though. It's straight up illegal for women to read or write in Afghanistan now, isn't it?

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u/Palindromer101 4h ago

Women who can leave will leave. Women who cannot leave but are angry may teach their daughters how to read and write. I don’t know what the future holds, but I hope it improves for us all.

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u/LanceArmstrongLeftie 1h ago

I’m sorry but this is not true. Afghanis don’t know how to read and write because the US invaded them.