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Bookmark or Share- The Taliban In Afghanistan - CBS NewsThe Taliban bans music, other than religious song, unaccompanied by instruments. Television, movies and videos are banned. So is kite-flying, seen as a distraction from a life of prayer.
- The U.S. needs more from the Taliban than a cease-fire and ...THE TRUMP administration has now conducted five rounds of negotiations with the Taliban, including a grueling 16-day round that ended Tuesday in Qatar. Both sides are claiming progress, but ...
- Taliban | World | The GuardianLetter from more than 600 Afghan women and youths, supported by civil society organisations and public figures including Arundhati Roy, Margaret Atwood and Gloria Steinem as part of the ...
- History of the Taliban: Who They Are, What They WantThe Taliban—from the Arabic word for "student," Talib—are fundamentalist Sunni Muslims, mostly from Afghanistan’s Pashtun tribes. The Taliban dominates large swaths of Afghanistan and a large part of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas, semi-autonomous tribal lands along the Afghan-Pakistan border that serve as training grounds for terrorists.
- Taliban treatment of women - WikipediaWhile in power in Afghanistan, the Taliban became notorious internationally for their sexism, misogyny, and violence against women.Their stated motive was to create a "secure environment where the chastity and dignity of women may once again be sacrosanct", reportedly based on Pashtunwali beliefs about living in purdah. Afghan women were forced to wear the burqa at all times in public, because ...
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