Why did the Taliban Ban?

[faye]

Wow, some of this is extremely bizzare. Where is your source of your claims.
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i read a list about that long, just for rules for women. female doctors are said to have lost their jobs abd had to work in secret.
give us a list then of what rules the taliban had.

[Afghanistan2010]

http://www.pashtunforums.com/showthread.php?p=582078

[JAMALUDEEN]

Look at this list, does any of this sound realistic? Now come on, do you really think the Taliban would ban paper bags? Why? Also, why should I trust an Indian newspaper that drops an unsubstantiated "fact" like that in an editorial? Or a radical dissident group that were nobodies until 2001? I don't trust it. The Taliban supposedly were a harsh regime, but claimed to do it because of their (i.e. not everyone's) interpretation of Islamic law. How come no other so-called "Islamic" countries have done the same? I don't see Saudi Arabia banning kite flying, or Pakistan banning English classes, or Malaysia banning leather jackets. Why aren't there protests in the streets in Indonesia to stop women from riding bicycles?

These charges make no sense. If I heard on Al-Jazeera that Americans banned all shoes in public, should I just believe it? Logic and common sense tells me that it can't be true.
Some of these could possibly be exaggerations. Very few say that the Taliban's Radio Shariat reported these bans, so it is conceivable that a few of these have some truth to them. For example, some of these report that a specific province banned this activity. Perhaps they do apply to a small locale, and were laws created by a local governor. Somehow, the Taliban leaders like Mullah Omar get the blame for what local governors did, which may or may not be fair. Case in point:A mayor in Florida has officially banned Satan from the town, but you cannot go and hold George W. Bush accountable for that. Afghanistan was a pretty unstable country, it appears that rural and city laws and enforcement were two entirely different situations.
It appears all of these accusations can be rebutted by reporter's accounts and sound logic.
My (mr100percent's) opinion is simple: I don't believe any of the stuff on this list is true. They're just too outrageous. IF any of those things did happen, I would be the first to speak out and say how wrong that is, and back up my reasoning with secular and religious references. Note that I don't support oppression, but I don't believe these accusations of oppression that I have listed above.

dude.. the author just states..that he doesn't believe its true.. besides read the highlighted part.. which just pushes away the blame from Mullah Omer..onto the local governors..

this just shows again...that Mullah Omer's government was as incompetent as the current government..and the many government before mullah omer..

Thanks for the article :P

[Afghanistan2010]

He means the bans are not true just propaganda-

[JAMALUDEEN]

i read a list about that long, just for rules for women. female doctors are said to have lost their jobs abd had to work in secret.
give us a list then of what rules the taliban had.

you bogans are no better...

why don't you go..work for your baby bonus..

[faye]

we got you wogboys here, to do the work. keep up the good job, wogboy.

[RevolutionThroughReason]

dude.. the author just states..that he doesn't believe its true.. besides read the highlighted part.. which just pushes away the blame from Mullah Omer..onto the local governors..

this just shows again...that Mullah Omer's government was as incompetent as the current government..and the many government before mullah omer..

Thanks for the article :P

exactly; but confused living in denial Taliban supporter/apologist 2010 isn't that smart and doesn't understand 90% of what he reads; his reading comprehension is limited to

"Mllah Omar no bad, Mullah Umar Good, so Taliban good ugh"

he doesn't actually examine the content

this article is just an apologetic not a "fact check"; and at that a poor apologetic because as you said, this means Mullah Umar could not lead and Taliban were useless.

[RevolutionThroughReason]

Propaganda.

The banned Superman to fly...i guess.

prove it is propaganda with real evidence, not someone's silly apologetic artiicle