It's the root of All their problems. Their religious enforcement is extreme!...do or die!

That's what the quran teaches. To go to all corners of the world and build mosques so everyone can turn to Islam

@LiterateHiker this "takeover" might give way to the rise of Islamic extremists elsewhere. Last week an Aghan govt official was killed. The Taliban took responsibility for it. If you don't agree with them, they call it "target-killing!

@LiterateHiker They're a well-known international terrorist group. They have a track record of untold abuse towards women and children and those who don't agree with them.

@TimeOutForMe but they have millions of devout followers, not afraid to die to achieve their goal. Thankfully, Trump and his Christian Nationalist Party did not have the will to die for their cause or the numbers needed to overthrow the Federal government.

@Druvius just heard the current leader, Ashraf Ghani, has already left the country. The Taliban are basically saying, hand over peacefully or I'm sure or else... There's no such thing as peaceful negotiation with them (the Taliban). They're a dictatorship.
The conservative stronghold, still present
in Afghanistan, must be elated by the Taliban presence.

@TimeOutForMe The Taliban came to power in the first place because most Afghans preferred them to the corrupt, violent, misogynistic, fundamentalist warlords who had torn Afghanistan apart and turned it into a free rape zone after the USSR pulled out. The very same warlords the US reinstalled in power after they bombed the Taliban back into the hills. The Taliban enjoy far more popular support than the US imposed puppet regime ever did.

@TimeOutForMe One should note that despite all the hand wringing in the western lamestream media, the actual Afghans fighting for change never get mentioned: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) [rawa.org] Interesting, nu?

@Druvius I just think the rug was pulled out from under too quickly, leaving many Afghans in shock and frightened. There was no thought-through exit strategy. ...and would a thought-through exit strategy have assisted the peaceful forward-thinking Afghan men and women? Perhaps...

@Druvius one of the woman MP's is afraid of her life at present. No protection since the leader as mentioned has already fled to Uzbekistan border. There's a few gutsy women journalists there too. The Taliban might soon not approve of those (women) privileges. They're proposing they (women) keep their positions so long as they conform to Shariah Law. I'm not so certain they'll stick to their present proposals.

@Druvius I have much admiration for those women. They have truly risen above the odds. My fears for these women now is that their efforts might now be silenced and trampled on by the forceful Taliban regime.

@TimeOutForMe there a female politicians in Iran and many other Islamic countries. Much like people of color in the US and SA a few years back, rising up and the positions available to them will be limited. But over time, they will make inroads.

@Barnie2years yes over time (perhaps a long time) I agree. In my opinion right now, is that all the improvement for women and children is threatened. The Taliban has already prevented women from entering university even though their spokesperson said they won't be stopped provided they continue to wear the hijab. You just cannot take their word! They're already in contradiction with their so-called proposed policy (that women can continue being educated)!

just knew it was too good to be true!...just seen footage where the Taliban fighters preventing women from entering college