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People have tried to modernize Afghanistan. Equal rights for women and universal education have been proved to be unpopular. It's probably more true in the countryside. It is, what it is.
These photos keep cropping up as evidence of how Afghani women were "free," pre-Taliban, but beyond a small handful of very privileged, "modern" women, there was precious little "fashion freedom" for the majority of them. All I saw were burka-shrouded women, except for the occasional uncovered face Koochi tribal woman. And most women were totally out of sight. You'd see perhaps one woman for every hundred men.
Saudi Arabia had the same fashion before it's Islamic Revolution
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In 1979, two events occurred which the Al Saud perceived as threatening the regime, and had a long-term influence on Saudi foreign and domestic policy. The first was the Iranian Islamic revolution. There were several anti-government riots in the region in 1979 and 1980. The second event was the seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by Islamist extremists. The militants involved were in part angered by what they considered to be the corruption and un-Islamic nature of the Saudi regime. Part of the response of the royal family was to enforce a much stricter observance of Islamic and traditional Saudi norms. Islamism continued to grow in strength.
It wasn't just Afghanistan. It was a regional development. Iran and Saudi Arabia also changed their societies towards strict Islamic rule.
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