WORLD_ Taliban’s quest for Islamist purity brought torture, beheadings, oppression

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Taliban’s quest for Islamist purity brought torture, beheadings, oppression

An Afghan woman injured in a Taliban bombing cries for help near the site where a suicide bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Kabul in this September 2009 photo. (Associated Press) more >


By Joseph Clark and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times - Tuesday, August 17, 2021


Ruthless enforcement of fundamentalist Islamic law was the hallmark of the Taliban’s rule of Afghanistan in the 1990s, denying women basic rights, putting LGBTQ people to death and crushing any murmur of dissent.

The fear of a return of strict Shariah law now that the Taliban have regained control of the country was glimpsed in the panicked crowds that descended on the airport in Kabul hoping to escape.

The world should expect little change in the character of the Taliban after nearly 20 years in exile, said Nathan Sales, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism in the Middle East.

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