There seems to be an unholy rush in several countries, including India, to concede Afghanistan to the marauding Taliban forces. The implications of what a Taliban takeover may mean for the hapless people of the blighted country, in particular for its women and children, as an obscurantist and intolerant version of Islam is given free rein once again, seem to be no more than collateral damage. Suddenly, this is now for the ‘Afghan people to decide’— as if they have a choice. Read More…
