Five years after America’s ignominious retreat from Afghanistan, the Taliban are back to veiling women, excluding girls from school, and presiding over a culture in which powerful men rape vulnerable boys under the euphemism bacha bazi.
iPINIONS argues that Taliban 2.0 preaches sexual purity for the powerless while allowing powerful men to profane it.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/taliban-20-in-afghanistan-where-taliban
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