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Who's Afraid of the Taliban? with Ahmed-Waleed Kakar

The Thinking Muslim

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The Social Engineering of Afghanistan

During the rule of the Americans, did the Americans not try to westernise the country? Beyond modernising it, I mean, westernising it from a liberal perspective. Of course, one of the key things that we can see was a very active attempt at social engineering. The requirement that amongst the members of the Afghan Parliament, a certain number had to be women. Never before had that been a requirement stipulated by law.

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