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Somehow, the Taliban is still finding new ways to make life worse for the women of Afghanistan. Since their return to power in 2021, Afghanistan’s Islamist rulers have systematically erased women from public life through draconian restrictions on their education and freedom of movement. They have even banned women from speaking outside of their homes. Now, in a new and monstrous development, the Taliban has decided to ban windows in residential buildings to stop women from being seen while they’re at home.
Threatening sanctions and boycotts against Afghanistan might make some in the West feel good about themselves. But there is little reason to think that ostracising the national cricket side, or imposing even stricter sanctions, would do anything to improve the lot of Afghan women and girls.
The stark truth is there is very little Western powers can do. The US-led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, from 2001 until the calamitous withdrawal 20 years later, will be fresh in the memory of most Afghans. The Taliban, which was able to reclaim Kabul in a matter of days in 2021, doesn’t care how its laws are received in the West.
The influence of wokeness and identity politics in the West has also undermined any potential solidarity with Afghan women. Political and cultural elites have happily attacked Western nations for colonialism and ‘systemic racism’, while denouncing any criticism of non-Western nations as a form of cultural imperialism or even bigotry. As a result, the degradation of women under the Taliban regime goes on without any sustained condemnation.
Somehow, the Taliban is still finding new ways to make life worse for the women of Afghanistan. Since their return to power in 2021, Afghanistan’s Islamist rulers have systematically erased women from public life through draconian restrictions on their education and freedom of movement. They have even banned women from speaking outside of their homes. Now, in a new and monstrous development, the Taliban has decided to ban windows in residential buildings to stop women from being seen while they’re at home.
Threatening sanctions and boycotts against Afghanistan might make some in the West feel good about themselves. But there is little reason to think that ostracising the national cricket side, or imposing even stricter sanctions, would do anything to improve the lot of Afghan women and girls.
The stark truth is there is very little Western powers can do. The US-led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, from 2001 until the calamitous withdrawal 20 years later, will be fresh in the memory of most Afghans. The Taliban, which was able to reclaim Kabul in a matter of days in 2021, doesn’t care how its laws are received in the West.
The influence of wokeness and identity politics in the West has also undermined any potential solidarity with Afghan women. Political and cultural elites have happily attacked Western nations for colonialism and ‘systemic racism’, while denouncing any criticism of non-Western nations as a form of cultural imperialism or even bigotry. As a result, the degradation of women under the Taliban regime goes on without any sustained condemnation.