Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule: Governance Through Systematic Repression and Gender Apartheid

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Afghanistan’s Taliban governance since August 2021 has evolved from ad-hoc rule through violence into a systematized apparatus of repression codified through formal legislation. What distinguishes current Taliban governance from random authoritarianism is the institutional structure deliberately designed to suppress fundamental rights through legal mechanisms. In August 2024, the Taliban implemented the so-called “vice and virtue” [...] The post Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule: Governance Through Systematic Repression and Gender Apartheid appeared first on Modern Diplomacy .