“There is no excuse for this – not now and not in the future,” Stanikzai said. “We are being unjust to 20 million people. During the time of the prophet Muhammad, the doors of knowledge were open for both men and women,” he said. “There were such remarkable women that if I were to elaborate on their contributions, it would take a considerable amount of time.”

In Islamic Spain, Christian slave women were allowed to read and write so they could work as scribes, while Muslim women weren't. So even this is a fib. Mohamad ordered the disembowelment of a female poet who made fun of him.

What's happening to women in Afghanistan makes me want to watch the world burn.

"Yo. Maybe our country would suck less if we didn't imprison 50% of our population in their homes and force them to live in absolute misery for their entire lives?"

"KILL HIM!!! BURN THE WITCH!!!"

I'm still open to trading all the worlds TIMs for the women in Afghanistan. Its a win win for all.

They strategically do this.

If they want to emigrate, they need to do some shit like this in their own country, and then seek asylum in EU or in Canada. Especially Canada.

There are many countries that are trying to do better, but don't necessarily have good circumstances. They need aid.

I don't see why we should help a country that deliberately does not allow half its population to work or even learn.

Not one 1st world country exists where the literacy rate is below 85%. You can't even get that in 2nd world countries.

So why should we allow a 3rd world country to sponge off successful countries when they are intentionally not doing anything to stand on their own two feet?

That's just welfare mooching at the country level.

They're beggars. They shouldn't get to set the terms of aid.

It's not wrong at all to give them money on all sorts of terms and conditions that if they fail to meet, they get nothing. One of the terms simply must be that every child goes to school all the way to high school, including all girls.

I don't care if that's "soft colonization." Don't take our money, then. It's not our job to see to it that Pashtun culture remains unevolved eternally. We're not Pashtun. We're not even Muslims.

We'd be better off investing in a struggling but hopeful country where our money actually pays off and goes somewhere.

We're just prolonging the problem, really.

Since the monarchy fell, the shelf-life of an Afghan regime has been 5-10 years. We'd be kinder to let nature take its course with the Taliban.

Even this guy should not be allowed in the West, or any of his family members. He decided to be a Taliban warrior. He decided to be a warrior, period. So now it's on him and his sons to figure it out.

America had its problems, but conditions were much better under us. We built roads, running water, and women FINALLY were living longer than men. Did you know that, that Afghanistan was one of the few countries were women had a shorter life expectancy, which is against the natural order of things?

The Taliban claimed it could achieve everything America could and more, so let's seem them do it. Without being dirty, smelly old beggars.

I want to give this guy credit but honestly, fuck him. Too little, too late.

It sucks, even those in leadership positions can't speak out againt the horrible conditions.