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> At least the women in Afghanistan did - and now piece by piece their freedom is taken away from them with every day as the Taliban advance to re-take control

> At least the women in Afghanistan did - and now piece by piece their freedom is taken away from them with every day as the Taliban advance to re-take control again. How can you say this? Freedom is not disconnected from economic conditions. All the US army did in Afghanistan was kill as many "talibans" (which most were not) as possible and give away public infrastructure to private (usually foreign) corporations. Neither men nor women have ever benefited from an army invading their land. That's why the talibans who once were a tiny conservative formation have been growing since the US invaded. Pretending to invade a country to protect its women is deeply rooted in the history of colonization. France did the same in Algeria, for example.

mschuster91 7y ago
> How can you say this? Freedom is not disconnected from economic conditions. All the US army did in Afghanistan was kill as many "talibans" (which most were not) as possible and give away public infrastructure to private (usually foreign) corporations. Where the Taliban has power, schools for girls get closed and their freedoms that they gained (like, not having to wear a niqab/burqa) get taken away. Women in Afghanistan are actually afraid that the West pulling out of Afghanistan will leave them up for grabs: https://www.apnews.com/a63dfde74c594c9a8b13cfc366ea9c55 https://www.apnews.com/a63dfde74c594c9a8b13cfc366ea9c55
some_random 7y ago
> That's why the talibans who once were a tiny conservative formation have been growing since the US invaded. You know that they controlled about 90% of Afghanistan before the US invaded, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan