A letter won’t educate Afghan girls
Spectator (UK)Mar 25, 2022
In a protest dubbed #FreeHerFace on social media, male TV presenters in Afghanistan are wearing face masks on air in a show of solidarity after the Taliban ordered that all women on news channels must cover their faces.
Afghanistan's Taliban government began enforcing the order on Sunday.
The current attacks on women's rights in Afghanistan are a direct result of the Biden administration's decision to withdraw from the country. His administration may pontificate about women's rights, but it has no way of enforcing them without troops on the ground.
While US involvement in Afghanistan saw significant gains for women's rights, the fact that Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly following its withdrawal indicates that the yields weren't sustainable without indefinite US presence, which itself wasn't sustainable or realistic.
There is a 25% chance that the US will recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.