In the wake of the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, Afghanistan has been thrust back into an era of intense repression and systemic human rights abuses. The once hopeful aspirations of millions have been replaced by fear and despair as the Taliban impose a regime reminiscent of their brutal rule in the late 1990s. At the forefront of this regression is the Taliban’s relentless assault on women’s rights, media freedom, and civil liberties—an agenda that signals their perennial obsession with a patriarchal and authoritarian vision of society. A Repressive [...]