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Afghanistan: Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas
BBC ^
| 21 November 2021
| uncredited BBC
Posted on 11/21/2021 9:42:13 PM PST by blueplum
Women have been banned from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under new rules imposed by the Taliban government.
...The latest set of Taliban guidelines, which have been issued to Afghan television channels, features eight new rules.
They include the banning of films considered against the principles of Sharia - or Islamic - law and Afghan values, while footage of men exposing intimate parts of the body is prohibited.
Comedy and entertainment shows that insult religion or may be considered offensive to Afghans are also forbidden.
The Taliban have insisted that foreign films promoting foreign cultural values should not be broadcast.
Afghan television channels show mostly foreign dramas with lead female characters....
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; humanrights; realrepression; taliban
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Biden's Afghanistan
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posted on
11/21/2021 9:42:13 PM PST
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
Biden: “The Taliban are businesslike and professional.”
To: blueplum
Will there be a cattle call to find female talent?
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posted on
11/21/2021 9:46:25 PM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: blueplum
What will they do then?
Without women, there isn’t much drama other than workplace issues.
To: blueplum
So fruity men will do the roles instead. Mohamhead is so excited.
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posted on
11/21/2021 10:01:15 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Live free, or die!)
To: blueplum
The love scenes are gonna be kinda awkward and gross. But hey Taliban, you do you. Take your bad self on down the road.
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posted on
11/21/2021 10:04:55 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
To: blueplum
Women will be replaced by goats in TV dramas. Taliban men prefer them.
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posted on
11/21/2021 10:09:46 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Resistance is not futile!)
To: blueplum
OK, well, I guess a rendition of Little Women is right out then...
To: blueplum
So they are canceling “ The Real Housewives of Kabul”?
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posted on
11/21/2021 10:30:45 PM PST
by
rey
To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...
This way the gay guys get to wear dresses and make-up
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posted on
11/21/2021 10:35:17 PM PST
by
bitt
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To: blueplum
No more Musa Quala 90250?
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posted on
11/21/2021 10:58:17 PM PST
by
mylife
(Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
To: blueplum
Lets send Joy Reid there!
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posted on
11/21/2021 11:21:20 PM PST
by
TonyM
(Score Event)
To: lee martell
Maybe they will do like Japanese and Shakespeare and have the men dress up and act like women. Might be kinda funny actually.
To: blueplum
I think if they carry around an RPG, they can do whatever they want.
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posted on
11/22/2021 12:53:33 AM PST
by
Track9
(Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
To: blueplum
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posted on
11/22/2021 1:25:16 AM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: lee martell
They’ll just have to create the Taliban version of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
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posted on
11/22/2021 5:36:57 AM PST
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: blueplum
to be replaced by little boys?
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posted on
11/22/2021 8:47:58 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: bitt
Our state department would approve... winken blinken...williemilley...
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posted on
11/22/2021 9:15:35 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(One man lying to himself is pathetic - - a culture lying to itself seeds it's own destruction.)
To: blueplum
New Season of Baywatch to start in Afghanistan Jan.1st.
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posted on
11/22/2021 9:23:09 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: TonyM
Lets send Joy Reid there!Unfortunately, I believe pork is forbidden.
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posted on
11/22/2021 9:26:51 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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