[Link] The Taliban has Decreed that Men and Women ‘Should Be Equal’

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

The Taliban has banned forced marriage in Afghanistan, decreeing – for the very first time – that “both (women and men) should be equal,” that women should not be considered “property” and that “no one can force women to marry by coercion or pressure.

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