What Is Their End Aim?

[Bobbisox1]

https://news.sky.com/world

They want Women in their government, girls can be educated up to university years, an amnesty ????

This does not sound like the Taliban , are people right to be sceptical ?

[youngmafbog]

//Rather than being wary of the Chinese they will welcome their money in exploiting Afghanistan’s natural resources.//

I was rather thinking the Taliban must be well aware of what the Chinese have done to Muslims.

[dannyk13]

ymb//Chinese have done to Muslims.// It does not seem that they are too worried.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/8/17/with-economic-assets-to-secure-china-embraces-the-taliban

[Mozz71]

Nothing but falsehoods and soundbites. They'll be back to their old misogynistic selves in no time.

[jno]

it's like we're not too worried about how the Saudis treat minorities and women and so forth - we need the oil, so we take the knee.

[dannyk13]

jno, what has taking the knee got to do with Saudis? They are not connected to BLM.

[sevenOP]

"take the knee" is Trademarked now jno.

'turn a blind eye' or possibly 'aid and abet' (in the American accommodation) is more apt.

[Untitled]

China is close to Pakistan to counter India (Pakistan is heavily in debt to China)... so China supports the taliban because Pakistan does... Whatever the taliban says I doubt they care about china's treatment of muslims... Taliban certainly are not above killing or oppressing other muslims.

[jourdain2]

I haven't read other answers. Yes, we are right to be sceptical. Leopards/spots come into it. Also one must bear in mind what words mean to different people. Women will be equal under Sharia law. Now there are a few points for discussion to start with. Sharia can vary in interpretation and can be interpreted as pretty proscriptive.
Education - yes, but what sort of education? For a woman to be able to read the Koran is laudable. A degree in female studies, law? Forget it.
No. I am certain that we cannot impute Western ideas to their words. I am so very sorry for Afghan females - when they have had a glimpse of freedom.
It will all come out in the wash - but my bet is that it won't be nice.