How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
- Written by Dyan Mazurana, Research Professor of Global Affairs, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023.AP Photo/Ebrahim NorooziSince returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and...