Afghanistan catastrophe: Lessons from a wasted sacrifice

Before 2001 the Taliban governed by terror, claiming the unchallengeable authority of its interpretation of the Quran and sharia law for its barbarism. There is every reason to fear it will attempt to do so again. Its ideological hallmark is the total rejection of Western values including, naturally, equal rights for women

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