It’s quite another to blast out eccentric, made-up rules with no foundation in mainstream Islamic doctrine or Afghan history and custom.
It’s one thing to be highly pious and ultra-conservative. But it is also intriguing, because there are growing indications that this issue is starting to split the ranks of the Taliban.Įven within the iconoclastic organisation, there are some for whom this forced backward march does not make sense. Yet instead of formulating a sensible plan to tackle these challenges, the Taliban are choosing to occupy their time with the issuance of increasingly preposterous edicts regarding girls and women. One would think Afghanistan’s Taliban government has plenty to keep it busy: the banking system is collapsing it is the target of crippling sanctions the economy has ground to a halt Isis conducts regular terror attacks and not a single country has recognised their government.
