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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:33 AM Aug 2021

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Maida-Khal, 22, cries out in her cell after the release of another inmate from Mazar-e Sharif prison. When Maida-Khal was 12, she was married to a man about 70 years old who was paralyzed. Unable to carry her husband, she was beaten by his brothers. When she asked for a divorce, she was imprisoned.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/08/the-talibans-return-is-awful-for-women-in-afghanistan/619765/

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Not wanting to violate Godwin's Law I will just post this photo, a link, and the author's comment (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 OP

this is appalling. What will become of these women now? CurtEastPoint Aug 2021 #1

One of the Prophet Mohammed's wives was a businesswoman. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2021 #2

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1. this is appalling. What will become of these women now?

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:40 AM

Aug 2021

(99,710 posts)

2. One of the Prophet Mohammed's wives was a businesswoman.

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 10:46 AM

Aug 2021

What would those malignant clowns say about that?