Taliban Supporter's Justification for the Arrest of Women: "A Woman Has No Right to Look at the Road with Both Eyes"

Taliban Supporter's Justification for the Arrest of Women: "A Woman Has No Right to Look at the Road with Both Eyes"

Recent remarks by a Taliban supporter claiming that "a woman has no right to look at the road with both eyes" reflect the continued escalation of discriminatory attitudes and restrictions imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan. These statements illustrate a broader pattern of policies that seek to gradually erase women from public life. What began with restrictions on women's education, employment, freedom of movement, and participation in society has expanded to increasingly intrusive limitations on their appearance, voices, and even their ability to exist freely in public spaces.

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