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  She's more brave than i will ever be
context: Looks like she made sure she couldn't be accused of not being fully covered which is the excuse the Taliban have been using. I hope that she survives, and their regime doesn't. >
  
  She’s going to be raped and killed. I hate this and how powerless we are against such atrocities. >
  
  We need an Underground Railroad for Afghani girls >
  
  I like that idea. Make Afghanistan 95% male. Then we'll see what they're willing to change too late to make a difference.
  I replied to the wrong comment with that, and it came off SUPER fucked up... Glad I realized it quickly... >
  
  Then they'll simply start kidnapping and forcibly "marrying" girls from elsewhere, like Boko Haram. >
  
  Or China and Pakistan >
  
  China probably would NOT be happy about that tho. >
  
  I didnt explain. Pakistani girls have been known to be kidnapped and sent to Chinese men. Women are usually are from the poor or vulnerable parts of their society. >
  
  Ah yes, probably sould have typed that fully. I read that as getting women from china instead of the situation between pakistan and china.
  Knowing chinas gender imbalance, went with the wrong conclusion >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  An 18-year-old Afghan student endured Taliban taunts and insults at the weekend as she staged a solo protest against the ban on women attending university.
  In their latest assault on women's rights, the Taliban last week banned university education for women, prompting international outrage.
  "I wanted to show the power of a single Afghan girl, and that even one person can stand against oppression. When my other sisters see that a single girl has stood against the Taliban, it will help them rise and defeat the Taliban," Marwa said.
  
  
  Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: women^#1 Taliban^#2 protest^#3 Marwa^#4 against^#5 >
  
  
  “For the first time in my life, I felt so proud, strong, and powerful because I was standing against them and demanding a right that God has given us,” Marwa told AFP, asking not to be further identified.
  
  Please, don't further identify her. >
  
  The media didn’t care as long as they get the eye balls >
  
  I worry about her safety. The Taliban are savages. >
  
  They are what we made them. >
  
  Wars have been raging there since written history began. Fuck outta here lmao, we didn't make them follow a bigoted religion that encourages this shit. >
  
  We actively funded the groups that encourage “this shit.” and toppled comparatively liberal governments in the region, you’re just being Ignorant >
  
  Oh okay, so all the history books that show this extremist culture has been around for centuries before the existence of the West - they're all full of shit.
  LOL.
  No wait, hang on:
  LMAOOOO!!! >
  
  How many of those books have you read? >
  
  All of them. >
  
  average redditor >
  
  Probably below average… >
  
  "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
  -Emiliano Zapata >
  
  "There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity."
  -Somebody, probably
  IMO, it's better to live on your feet in secret (or flee and live somewhere else) and not get yourself murdered and imprisoned for no gain. >
  
  What a brave woman. Title says girl but this woman is protesting a violent regime by herself in public. Tomorrow when I wake up depressed I'm going to try and think of her for strength. >
  
  Is she still alive? :-/ >
  
  Yes we text >
  
  Glad to hear it! >
  
  A reminder for Americans that we need to guard our freedoms  from any church that would take them, religious extremism is a problem everywhere. >
  
  Any forms of extremism, not just religion. And yes that includes politics. >
  
  Emphasis on separation of church and state more tho
  You can argue politics and policy with facts.
  Religion on the other hand is pure propaganda. >
  
  Very brave of her. >
  
  Next story, proud and strong afghan girl found decapitated for defying the terrorban. >
  
  Proud and strong is what they wrote on her gravestone if she's not buried in an anonymous grave somewhere. >
  
  Are you dumb? First, how do you know that's a guy? Second, it's commentary on how dismal that shit is. >
  
  One thing I hate about afghanistan is... where are the men?
  Most of the military men left their job immediately once US took off. I saw lots of afghan men in the flight out of kabul during that exit week, moreso than children & women..
  And now, when the women being oppresed, where are they? It's their sisters & daughters that being oppressed... where are they?? >
  
  Dear Taliban. This is what's called a "Martyr" >
  
  Um...martyr is a person killed for their beliefs...so...i really hope she's not :/ >
  
  I think that's their point, killing her would make her a martyr and symbol >
  
  Or another body among foundations. >
  
  Totally get Tiananmen Tank protest vibes from this. The frailty of the body in the face of overwhelming odds, and the spirit that stands anyway… I am crushed by man’s inhumanity, and lifted by her determination. >
  
  She should get a Nobel Prize like Malala or at least some sort of award >
  
  Or.. Freedom maybe. >
  
  this one seems nice. >
  
  Such a brave woman. The men in charge are such cowards. >
  
  When I think the western countries suck, I remember of Afghanistan and Iran. >
  
  Yeah... >
  
  She is showing the taliban what balls look like. >
  
  It only takes one to start change. Let it snowball into a statement that can't be ignored. This is the power of coming together and what those in control fear the most. It's why we ALL feel like we are working for the government instead of the government working for us. Respect to this young woman. >
  
  It doesn't matter how proud and strong she is, that's wrapping yourself in steaks and jumping into the jackal exhibit. >
  
  I'm proud of her and terrified for her. >
  
  20 years and $2T dollars.  My fellow Americans, we accomplished nothing. >
  
  Please don't let anything happen to that brave young girl!? >
  
  Unfortunately Afghanistan is a hopeless situation. >
  
  
  Well it wasn't before the orange turd decided to pull out.
  
  It was Biden who ordered troops to leave Afghanistan, no?
  
  If we had parked out butts there for annother 10—20 years we could have let the old guard die out and replace them with this new generation.
  
  This doesn't begin to address the issue. We had already been there for decades; the fundamental issue was that corruption ran rampant in any government America tried to establish. This meant all that money we funneled into Afghanistan coalesced in the capital, while the rural majority of the nation continue to grow disillusioned with the Americans and turn towards the Taliban.
  The error was when we let that corrupt government take power many years ago. We convinced ourselves that we were winning because we had made the urban center so great, but this collapse was inevitable for years. No matter how much time we spent there, the nation would have collapsed sooner or later. That was all thanks to problems which should have been corrected years ago, but which can't be corrected now.
  To be clear, I think we should have stayed. Even if we could never end the situation, as long as we could keep the places we improved safe from the Taliban, that was worth staying for. But I'm not going to pretend like staying another decade would magically solve underlying issues that likely would never have gone away. >
  
  
  It was Biden who ordered troops to leave Afghanistan, no?
  
  Nope, it was Trump who invited the Taliban to Camp David and ordered the leave.
  Biden simply honored the deal. >
  
  But he really didn't have to. >
  
  It was either that or fight a Taliban that just got 5,000 experienced members back. The war was already unpopular. >
  
  I get that, but he can't have it both ways. Can't blame Trump for pulling out and then say Biden made the right decision. >
  
  Sure I can. Trump made an awful decision that altered the context for Bidens decision to make it necessary. I don't however, because I think that it would have been right to stay in regardless of Trump's deal.
  Edit: I like how this guy replied and then blocked me. Almost like he didn't read the entire comment. >
  
  Turns out the US military should have been training the afghan women, then maybe the Taliban wouldn't be in charge right now... >
  
  This has been frequently suggested (including by me). Turns out they tried. They were just never able to get very many female recruits. Some of the few they got were apparently pretty capable but they were just a drop in the bucket compared to how many they really needed to make a difference. >
  
  That girl has BALLS to do that
  I applaud her courage and conviction and pray for her safety. 
  I hate going to the grocery store and throw myself a little pity party when I have to go. But since all the protest over there instead of hating it, I try to be grateful that I live somewhere where I can freely come and go, wearing whatever I want, buying with money from a career I chose. These women are risking their lives and dying to do things many take for granted and bitch about having to do. >
  
  The sooner you realize how well off you are, the better. Most don't realize how much freedoms they have that citizens of other countries fight and die for. When people don't realize this, they slowly lose their freedoms to greater powers that offer a "better alternative"... a trap to widen the gap between the people in power and the common folk. The wider the gap, the harder it is to perform checks and balances. When peaceful protests end up being gunned down, when revolutions are violently crushed, when your voice is silenced to say certain words, and when being on the opposition only leads you to despair, most will fall in line quietly just so they won't have to suffer anymore.
  Tyrants will take every bit of power away from you so you won't have the chance to protest/fight back when the time comes. This is already happening in the western world where people in power slowly take away tiny bits of freedom away from the masses, while distracting their citizens with trivial matters. They will talk about trivial matters and have your attention to focus on them, while behind the scenes they are taking your freedom bit by bit.
  Wake up. Don't be fooled. Know where the real problems exist, and the people in power will never tell you that, but only when they need your votes/support. >
  
  Brave girl >
  
  What's a "girl"? >
  
  Opposite from a "boy" which has a male sex organ. A "girl" has a female sex organ. >
  
  I wish I could give her a hug...and a safe university education. >
  
  The ones who have grown up under the partial freedom of the last govt, but who are now being asked to surrender to a life in home imprisonment, must be mentally wrecked by now. If possible, the world should flood the markets of Afghanistan with cheap smartphones, internet & solar panels. If not offline, let them be free in the online world. >
  
  We did. Cell phones were given out to locals.
  As for internet, You know Afghanistan had a pc manufacturer right?
  All of that relies on infrastructure that's no longer present. >
  
  Maybe they should split the country, one half for the men, other half for women and those men that are ok with equality. Let's see which one will fare better. >
  
  See: Korean Peninsula >
  
  Death speedrun any% >
  
  Sadly they'll rape her first like they do Iran before they kill her, so that she won't go to their heaven according to their beliefs. >
  
  Ik you can’t say it on Reddit but I really do hate their religion and all the oppressors who actively take part in it. 
  I don’t care what their book says, it’s 2022 and this shit isn’t ok anymore. >
  
  Extremely brave, she’s putting her life on the line >
  
  I feel like people stuck there have about 3 choices. Stay and try to find happiness in that shitty enforced lifestyle, leave, or fight but be prepared to be maimed or killed without much change for a long time. 
  Good luck to her and every woman choosing the 3rd option. It's a very depressing situation. >
  
  What purpose was there in the year I spent in this damn country as we tried to improve the Afghans quality of life? Now that burden is being put on young women like her because we just left. >
  
  So fucking brave. This is the stuff I dream of doing but I know I wouldn't have the balls. Bravo. >
  
  The Talibans move to ban girls from university is as dumb as they can get and these men wanna rule their country for the better, wow such stupid people at the helm of the Talibans how will they respond to that smart and courageous girl. Will they attract more international shame towards themselves if they kill her and what kind of international image will this project to the world when everyone is moving to universal education for everyone and they are banning one half the population from attending university and contributing to the economic well being of their country, bad politics mixed with their fucked up religion and they consider themselves educated and sage leaders. Religion should be banned from the face of the earth and made constitutionally allowed for individual following but allowing a bunch of state sponsored religious zealots to rule their country, who the fuck do these people think they are, they are not God or God’s representatives on earth, God created everyone equal that’s why we are all here together, he didn’t separate genders into classes. Even if someone wrote that kind of shit into the bible it doesn’t mean that is sketched in stone, the world evolves and times change women must be allowed to attend university who are these men that impose such political annihilation on a gender. Totally unacceptable in today’s society. >
  
  Finally, someone with big balls! >
  
  I wish I could have done more for the young woman of that country while I was there, though it does bring me little comfort to know that the all girls school in Pul-e-khomri still exists last I checked >
  
  sucks that most ppl in her country against her, what a shithole country for women, sorry i can’t help it >
  
  The Afghan men sold their country to the Taliban as soon as they could. Note the women are paying the price again. Is sad that subs parts of the world are advancing in good directions while since are living in prehistoric times still. >
  
  I bow to you because I don't have such courage. >
  
  A wise man once said, "Courage is fear holding on a minute longer". This girl has proved this statement right because we cannot imagine the pressure she might have faced while taking this step. Hats off to her bravery. >
  
  Tiananmen Square vibes >
  
  Ovaries of steel >
  
  What is life without education and freedom. She does not exist. What a brave woman. >
  
  Sounds like what the GOP wants to do to the USA...deny those among other things... >
  
  This is why I don't understand how some redditors seriously think they can bring 'freedom' to middle eastern countries when the US spent 20 years in Afghanistan and still accomplished nothing
  Afghanistan makes Saudi Arabia/Iran look like feminist utopias. >
  
  The US did not spend 20 years trying to bring freedom to the middle east. Pretending we did anything to help with stability is laughable. To pretend that was ever the goal is laughable. 
  Afghanistan was a failed attempt at pushing our imperialist agenda on part of the country that wanted nothing to do with us being there. How do you expect the US to bring freedom anywhere in the world when we can't t even protect basic rights at home? Can't really preach shit to others we don't practice ourselves. >
  
  Nah I genuinely see people who advocate invading more countries to spread 'freedom' lol >
  
  People have been conditioned to only know the constant expansionist policies we have to pushed for decades. Invasion not working? Obviously we didn't invade hard enough and we need to dump more money into a lost cause and fuel industries that take advantage of these situations. It's the system working as designed as far as I can tell. >
  
  Russian pussies take note. This is how you protest an authoritarian regime. Afghan and Iranian teenage girls putting them to shame. >
  
  The bots are all over this article too. The up vote count goes up, then plummets. Never seems to get over 985 for too long. Kinda weird.
  Edit/ my shitty typing. >
  
  ...this is just how reddit works. Not everything is a conspiracy... >
  
  …as far as we know >
  
  No. This is well documented on how the site works. >
  
  That was a joke. >
  
  Suicide is painful >
  
  Whelp... She's dead.... I sincerely hate the taliban. Afghanistan used to be a country not unlike the west and this is just insanity. Thanks to those 'brave' warriors who dropped all their weapons and ran off when they should have been protecting the freedoms they held for a generation. >
  
  Interesting that they care now, not when 40k taliban took over the entire fucking country. >
  
  Afghan people had a chance to stop taliban from taking over, imagine Iranian resistance having all of that training and equipment. >
  
  The problem is the previous govt was actually so shitty that the Taliban are seen as an improvement by the locals, as crazy as that sounds. >
  
  If your countrymen refuse to fight for themselves and their families. How could other helps your country?
  US leave billions dollars worth of weapons and trained thousands of Afghan soldiers. And what they do? The president left at once with loads of cash. Most soldiers and generals refused to fight. 
  It is not like the Taliban never ruled Afghanistan before. Everyone knows what they did and what they will do. Yet, Afghan people just give up. Who is it to blame? Sure US can leave slowly and more systematic, but will the outcome change? I doubt it. 
  Just look at Ukraine, no one think they will have any odd to survive the invasion, yet they keep fighting even with minimal help from the West in the beginning. Now look at them and compare them with Afghanistan. Who is it to blame?
  I feel sorry for all the children and women in Afghanistan, they deserve better. But this is not a fight to fight alone. I just wish all the best to the girl. Hope someone will get her out of this mess. >
  
  I know it’s sick, but part of me wants these women to poison/kill as many men as they can before they are taken out >
  
  Pretty soon she'd going to be proud and shot in the head.
  Fuck religion, and especially fuck islam. >
  
  Western countries should give refugee status to specifically Afghan women. Men disproportionately bring crime and rape. >
  
  Are any universities outside Afghanistan having protests? It would be awesome to see some solidarity from other students around the world. It might even put some pressure on university leaders to speak out or cut ties to afghan Unis >
  
  Western schools aren't in session right now, and no amount of pressure from academics within the country or without would change anything at all about this situation. >
  
  Multiverse-speed. Wish she never had to do this at all. Bravery is too cheap a word. >
  
  Power to you Girls. >
  
  That woman has more courage than the whole of Taliban in their pinky finger. Combined.
  It would be magical if that girl manages to survive and thrive... and maybe, just maybe, manages to overcome all odds become the voice of justice and the leader of her country in the future.
  Where's that genie lamp when you need one?..