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Don't believe the revisionism: Taliban continue the war on women

“We as Taliban warn you to stop working… otherwise we will take your life away. We will kill you in such a harsh way that no woman has so far been killed in that manner. This would become a good lesson for women like you who are working.” A note left for Fatima K., a 22-year old Afghan development worker in Kabul. Rachel Reid at Human Rights Watch writes about growing “Taliban revisionism,” as policy makers from Kabul to Washington seeking to reintegrate Taliban fighters “try to explain why the enemy isn’t so bad after all.”

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