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5 min readAfghanistan Bans Women From Speaking In Public | Asmongold
A new Taliban law in Afghanistan decrees that women must cover their face and body completely when leaving the house—and that their voices cannot be heard in public. The BBC's Yogita Limaye, reporting with hidden identities and actors' voices to protect sources, documented what this means for women on the ground. "Every moment you feel like you're in a prison," one woman says. "Even breathing becomes difficult." The report follows teenage girls who have already lost three years of education, a teacher running a secret school that changes locations repeatedly to avoid detection, and a former protester who was beaten and dragged into a vehicle by Taliban forces. The Taliban's morality police have been given sweeping powers to enforce the new law, and while it is unclear how strictly it will be implemented, the ripple effect of fear is already palpable.
The Gradual Crushing of Public Life
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- 1 (01:04) **Taliban's New Law Bans Women's Voices in Public** - A BBC report details a new law requiring women to cover their face and body completely and forbidding their voices from being heard in public.
- 2 (03:25) **Asmongold Questions Male Support and the Role of Religion** - The host speculates on whether Afghan men agree with the oppression and argues that while religion is a powerful vehicle for such behavior, it is not the only one.
- 3 (04:05) **Woman Describes Taliban Detention and Torture for Protesting** - A protester recounts being beaten, dragged into a vehicle, and insulted after participating in a demonstration.
- 4 (05:01) **Taliban Spokesman Deflects on Women's Education** - The BBC confronts a Taliban spokesman about the contradiction between their stated commitment to education and the three-year ban on girls attending school.
- 5 (08:22) **Secret Schools and Quiet Defiance** - A rare exception shows women being taught nursing, while a teacher runs a secret school for girls, changing locations multiple times to avoid detection.
- 6 (09:11) **The UN's Failed Engagement with the Taliban** - The reporter notes that just two months prior, the UN held a meeting seen as a breakthrough, but now activists question the point of engaging with the Taliban.
- 7 (11:05) **Asmongold Argues Oppression is Universal, Not Exclusive to Islam** - He asserts that while Islam is not the only religion to oppress women, the current situation in Afghanistan is clearly bad and cannot be excused.
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