Well the Talibani's ( thats the ex- goverment of Afghanistan......U.S goverement over threw these people ) are straight from the Dark ages.
For those of you who don't know much about the Talibani's i had started a topic about how they destroyed the largest Buddha statute in the world since they despise all religons.
Also on the news was their football stadium that got converted into Public hanging spot who ever defied their ignorant rules.( It was covered by a Western reporter secretly). Public hanging became common!!
I have read several books about living under the Taliban rule and it horrifies and scares you. The life the poor Afghani's lived under Taliban sends shiver down your spine. Little children are only given a gun in their hand , not toys and books. Girls and women are given not an iota of freedom but are used like a possesion like cattle.
During the Taliban regime all sports activity was forbidden as it was considered ungodly. Nor could men wear those shorts footballers wear!
Even Television and music was banned and classified as illegal. On the radio you could only listen to Namaz or some propoganda or goverment annoucement.
Women weren't allowed any education. They were forbidden to take even Medical treatment. They obviously couldn't work . So women that lost all male family members were supposed to starve and die as well as they weren't permited to leave the house without a maharam( male family member)
In schools boys were only taught the Holy Quran and nothing else- no sciences, literature , math etc.
Boys were arrested, beaten up sometimes killed if they did not grow a beard and a mustache.
Any one could be arrested if found in possesion with literature, music, films .
Photography was termed as illegal and every citizen was ordered to burn every single photograph. Random inspections were done to look for these things.
One thing i want to add is India has good relations with Afghanistan and the Afghani people hate the Talibani's far more than we can even understand. They were oppressed and their life was terrible under the rule of this group. They never supported that goverment and still hate it.
I recall reading a book about a young girl and her mother who started a school secretly from her house and tried to teach girls as well as provide some basic medical treatment to the girls. She was at the risk of get be- headed for breaking the Talibani rules. This book was published post Talibani rule. It gives you a clear picture of how frightening this whole Talibani period was.
Edited by Aparna_BD - 19 years ago