8am: In the male-dominated Afghan society, if a man intends to demean another, he targets the honor of his relatives, primarily women. Everyday insults in the city and markets exemplify this approach. With this understanding, the Taliban now resort to abducting and torturing women, sometimes accompanied by sexual assault, to further humiliate society. This is done to instill more fear, hoping to suppress the calm yet continuous resistance within the community against Taliban oppression. The abduction and torture of women aim to coerce people into greater fear, prompting a subdued yet persistent opposition to the Taliban, and dissuading protesting women from overt resistance. This is an inhumane tactic employed for managing a society, as extremist and radical groups believe the end justifies the means, resorting to any form of action to control society through the propagation of fear. Extortion from women abducted by the Taliban serves another purpose for the group. Women captured by the Taliban report being tortured in Taliban prisons. After providing proof of ownership documents, they are forced to pay money to Taliban fighters and their commanders to be transferred from these prisons to larger ones, commonly known as Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).

Life under Taliban rule

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