Afghanistan: General News and Discussion

[Persian Gulf]

This is why Afghanistan has been a shithole for eternity, many of you aren't willing to accept any responsibility, Thank God my elders left that forsaken place.

I was just reading about how the Taliban destroyed the Buddha statues in Bamiyan. A UNESCO world heritage site built over 1400 years ago! Insane. ISIS behaviour.

 

[SteppeWolff]

I was just reading about how the Taliban destroyed the Buddha statues in Bamiyan. A UNESCO world heritage site built over 1400 years ago! Insane. ISIS behaviour.

Subhuman behavior bro, instead of having pride in your cultural artifacts from the past, they bomb em. Bamiyan Buddha was located in the province that's inhabited by Shitte Hazaras, you would very well know how they are treated. Don't expect anything good from Talibans.

 

[SteppeWolff]

LOL. An Afghan knows Afghanistan better than you.

Good for you and your shithole state.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

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[Muji.Iqbal]

Their house, their rules, my house my rules.
But I think OIC should tell Afghan Taliban how to run their country

 

[ayesha.a]

Their house, their rules, my house my rules.

That is a beguiling, but deceptive and fallacious maxim in this case. You are assuming that the people in general had any input in making these evil laws. In reality, laws there are made by the men who came to power through might.

In most other countries, people have a hand in making their laws, or electing representatives who make laws according to the will of the people. The large majority of Afghans were not consulted while making laws, and the women (they exist, you know) certainly had no role in making laws that affect them so cruelly. The girls who were getting educated and hoping to become working professionals, and now have been relegated to useless nothings, did not have a say in making these laws.

In short, the laws of that country do no reflect the will of the population.

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

That is a beguiling, but deceptive and fallacious maxim in this case. You are assuming that the people in general had any input in making these evil laws. In reality, laws there are made by the men who came to power through might.

In most other countries, people have a hand in making their laws, or electing representatives who make laws according to the will of the people. The large majority of Afghans were not consulted while making laws, and the women (they exist, you know) certainly had no role in making laws that affect them so cruelly. The girls who were getting educated and hoping to become working professionals, and now have been relegated to useless nothings, did not have a say in making these laws.

In short, the laws of that country do no reflect the will of the population.

What you are saying is making no sense.

When you go to a different country you must respect their culture no matter how strange it may seem to you.

 

[Raiden]

That is a beguiling, but deceptive and fallacious maxim in this case. You are assuming that the people in general had any input in making these evil laws. In reality, laws there are made by the men who came to power through might.

In moA rt other countries, people have a hand in making their laws, or electing representatives who make laws according to the will of the people. The large majority of Afghans were not consulted while making laws, and the women (they exist, you know) certainly had no role in making laws that affect them so cruelly. The girls who were getting educated and hoping to become working professionals, and now have been relegated to useless nothings, did not have a say in making these laws.

In short, the laws of that country do no reflect the will of the population.

A Victor needs not the opinion of the looser.

Taliban is the victor here, they're free to shape the country to their own liking.

 

[RescueRanger]

 

[RescueRanger]

That is a beguiling, but deceptive and fallacious maxim in this case. You are assuming that the people in general had any input in making these evil laws. In reality, laws there are made by the men who came to power through might.

In most other countries, people have a hand in making their laws, or electing representatives who make laws according to the will of the people. The large majority of Afghans were not consulted while making laws, and the women (they exist, you know) certainly had no role in making laws that affect them so cruelly. The girls who were getting educated and hoping to become working professionals, and now have been relegated to useless nothings, did not have a say in making these laws.

In short, the laws of that country do no reflect the will of the population.

Thank you very much for sharing your excellent perspective.

 

[ghazi52]

Malala calls Taliban’s treatment of women ‘brutal’​

The Frontier Post

KABUL (Amu TV): Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel laureate and women’s rights activist, has condemned the Taliban’s policies in Afghanistan as “extreme, anti-women, brutal, and oppressive.”

In a post on X, Yousafzai criticized the Taliban’s continued efforts to suppress Afghan women and girls, stating: “The Taliban continue to point literal and metaphoric weapons at girls and women in Afghanistan every day, from public beatings to ruthless edicts that ban them from learning, working and living freely. The brutality of the Taliban’s oppressive system against women is so extreme that Afghan activists and human rights defenders are calling it gender apartheid.”

Yousafzai underscored that Afghan women and girls need more than mere expressions of sympathy; they require immediate and concrete support.

She called on world governments and influential international bodies to leverage their power to hold the Taliban accountable through international law. Additionally, she urged leaders from Muslim-majority countries and organizations to take a stand against what she described as the Taliban’s “misuse of religion and culture” to justify their actions.

Yousafzai expressed hope that, even in these dire circumstances, the people of Afghanistan would stand in solidarity with women and girls across the nation.

Since reclaiming power, the Taliban have stripped Afghan citizens, particularly women, of many fundamental rights. Women have been barred from pursuing education and face severe restrictions on their personal freedoms.

Most recently, the Taliban introduced a new “Virtue and Vice” law, which prohibits women from appearing in public spaces where men are present.

The law defines women’s faces and voices as “awrah”—forbidden to be seen or heard by men—effectively erasing them from public life.

The international community has condemned the Taliban’s measures, yet tangible action has been limited, leaving Afghan women increasingly isolated and vulnerable.

 

[ayesha.a]

What you are saying is making no sense.

When you go to a different country you must respect their culture no matter how strange it may seem to you.

This thread is not about foreigners visiting a different country. It is about Afghan people living in Afghanistan. As I wrote, your statement of "their country, their rules" is fallacious for the reasons I mentioned - most of them did not have a choice in making the laws. The women certainly didn't.

 

[ayesha.a]

A Victor needs not the opinion of the looser.

Taliban is the victor here, they're free to shape the country to their own liking.

Yes, I am aware that men with guns have the ppower to impose their will on the less powerful.

But does that make it morally right?

If men with guns barge into your home and do horrifying things to you by force, does that make it all right? Since they are "victors" and you are a "loser" in that scenario?

Most of the world has moved on from the concept of victorious warlords making all laws. People make laws through elected representatives.

 

[Raiden]

Yes, I am aware that men with guns have the ppower to impose their will on the less powerful.

But does that make it morally right?

I think what Taliban is doing is completely fine. Yes it would upset a certain gender and people, but overall nothing is wrong with that.

Taliban has a vision for Afghanistan and that requires them to clamp on whatever Western imposed ideals in Afghanistan, so I could accept that.

If men with guns barge into your home and do horrifying things to you by force, does that make it all right? Since they are "victors" and you are a "loser" in that scenario?

Taliban has ruled Afghanistan before the US puppet state of Afghanistan existed. This is their house.

Most of the world has moved on from the concept of victorious warlords making all laws. People make laws through elected representatives.

Spare me the bullshit, in Gaza helpless woman and children are slaughtered on camera and they make laws that make sure that they came out of it unpunished.

In fact the law of the world is might makes right.

Taliban has set a good precedent when they show that might makes right, Muslims all across the world should take note.