As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Richard Bennett, the UN's special rapporteur on Afghanistan, has concluded that the Taliban's deprivations of human rights and their enforcement "may amount to crimes against humanity, in particular the crime of gender persecution".
43% : Doubly enraging to the ruling obsessives, in that they offer female slaves the pleasure of daylight as well as allowing non-residents occasional evidence of their existence, these openings do, on the other hand, benefit the women's male owners and their sons.
43% : In the 1980s, it's true, tour operators were not only mocking sanctions but the ANC, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, vigorous UN leadership and the UK government's "voluntary ban" on South Africa tourism, reflecting "the strong opposition in Britain to the principles and practice of apartheid".
34% : UN officials have reported a "sharp increase" in women's attempted suicides, directly attributed to female despair in the face of Taliban repression.

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