........"Whatever they may or may not have hoped for in the afterlife the Taliban - and Islamists in general - are miltantly anti-homosexual"........
Yet they have a preference for young males. Also, they like trheir women young, preferably younger than 18. I suppose they like their orifices "clean", "uncorrupted", at least until they have the opportunity to corrupt.
Lastly, seems it wherever there is a mistreatment of women, brutality follows. The Mideast is a testimony to the evil of misogny and Islam's veiled contempt for the female gender..
It is certainly true that an excellent measure of freedom in a country is the measure of equality afforded women. Interestingly enough it is also a measure of prosperity. Countries that have the higherst levels of freedom for women also have the highest levels of economic prosperity and progress. This holds true for third world countries that have embraced women's rights as part of their agenda. Where girls are educated people thrive.