Oh dear. That Taliban 2.0 feels more of a Taliban 1.1..
Hopefully the new government will take a softer stance toward women rights. I cant see China openly supporting Afghanistan with such oppresive policies towards women rights
Nah, Afghanistan is a Muslim country with the overwhelming vast majority of it's people that subscribe to a more conservative form of Islam. The Taliban ain't making proclamations that are off base to what the majority of it's people want or clamor for.
Let Afghanistan achieve some modicum of economic stability and hopefully maybe even economic prosperity if all things work out then social progressive issues like the women in sports etc. maybe tabled for debate and acceptance that's if pushed and demanded by the people of Afghanistan.
We can't expect Afghanistan and it's current government to be all Gung ho for women's rights and gay rights like they are some f..ng western countries that have are economically well off and been politically and socially stable for eons. Not even the gulf state countries have such "progressive policies" and these are states that have some of the world's highest GDP per capita.
We have to respect and accept that what we see as equality or human rights are anathema and goes against some of the most fundamental cultural and religious core issues for countries like Afghanistan. Therefore, countries like China ought to deal with countries like Afghanistan as they are and not imagine or fashion them to what they ought or should become.