Afghanistan, Terror Returns and Women Lose Their Freedom

In a recent appearance on TV to gain the trust of the media, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban claimed that women would be able to study, that their rights would be respected, and that they’d be happy to live under Sharia law. However, the truth is that as many women and girls are disappearing in Afghanistan today as between 1996 and 2001. No one believes his false proclamations or his suddenly conciliatory attitude. That’s because, in the meantime, female figures have been blanked out from advertising posters, or the posters have been torn from the shops for fear…