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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPhotos of Women Are Being Erased in Kabul
As Taliban fighters entered Afghanistans capital and seized power, photos showed workers covering up images of women outside beauty salons.
Photos of women on the facades of businesses in Kabul have been removed, as the Afghan capital falls under Taliban control.
Taliban fighters entered Kabul yesterday as Afghanistans president fled the city, completing a stunning seizure of power that has played out over the past few weeks as US and other western military forces withdrew from the country.
Photos from Kabul show workers painting over images of women outside a beauty salon. When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 the year they were removed from power by a US-led coalition after the September 11th attacks women were banned from work and education, and ordered not to leave their homes unless accompanied by a male relative. When they did go outside, they were required to wear the burqa.
In one photo, a man uses a paint roller to cover up an image of a woman in a green dress wearing jewellery and makeup. In another, a woman is ripping down an advertisement outside a beauty salon depicting two women not in burqas.
Women in Afghanistan now fear for their rights and lives as the Taliban reestablishes control in the country. In an interview with BBC News, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen said that women would be able to live their lives freely under Taliban rule.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3x5bj/photos-of-women-are-being-erased-in-kabul-as-taliban-seize-power-in-afghanistan
Photos of women on the facades of businesses in Kabul have been removed, as the Afghan capital falls under Taliban control.
Taliban fighters entered Kabul yesterday as Afghanistans president fled the city, completing a stunning seizure of power that has played out over the past few weeks as US and other western military forces withdrew from the country.
Photos from Kabul show workers painting over images of women outside a beauty salon. When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 the year they were removed from power by a US-led coalition after the September 11th attacks women were banned from work and education, and ordered not to leave their homes unless accompanied by a male relative. When they did go outside, they were required to wear the burqa.
In one photo, a man uses a paint roller to cover up an image of a woman in a green dress wearing jewellery and makeup. In another, a woman is ripping down an advertisement outside a beauty salon depicting two women not in burqas.
Women in Afghanistan now fear for their rights and lives as the Taliban reestablishes control in the country. In an interview with BBC News, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen said that women would be able to live their lives freely under Taliban rule.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3x5bj/photos-of-women-are-being-erased-in-kabul-as-taliban-seize-power-in-afghanistan
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Photos of Women Are Being Erased in Kabul (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2021
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niyad
(113,550 posts)1. and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. Would you consider cross-posting this in
Women's Rights And Issues? Thanks in advance.
JudyM
(29,271 posts)4. Important enough for LBN, too, IMO.
I can't even begin to imagine how women and girls are feeling right now in Afghanistan. Horrific.
electric_blue68
(14,933 posts)8. +1,000,000 ...
FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)2. Republiqons here eagerly await their chance to start doing the same.
electric_blue68
(14,933 posts)9. THIS.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)3. Always lots of men ready to push women down
To take the heat off them. Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, women who were cleaners and secretaries for teh Nazis in France attacked by French male quislings, etc.
bamagal62
(3,269 posts)5. I expected as much.
When I lived in Saudi Arabia (in the 90s) all faces of women in advertisements were painted over or blacked out. I was not allowed to bring US fashion magazines into the Kingdom. They searched bags for those items and confiscated them if found.