EVER since the Taliban took power in 2021, international human rights bodies have criticised them for their harsh style of governance and curbs on fundamental freedoms inside Afghanistan. Most recently, Human Rights Watch condemned their “ruthless effort to suppress all dissent” after a new police law banned protests in the country; Amnesty International described the decree as “a sweeping assault on human rights in Afghanistan”. Such draconian measures have made dissent a rare sight under the........

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