Afghan women under Taliban terror

I am doing my best not to write about Afghanistan every day but the daily reports of Afganistan returning to Taliban brutality make it impossible. Again it's the women I fear for the most. Where Taliban fighters have seized towns as they advance across the country they are imposing ferocious Sharia law among the communities and this means women are being forced off the streets and into their homes. The terror of disobeying or displeasing the Taliban is now back, just as it was when they ruled the country while al-Qaeda was plotting in their midst to attack the Twin Towers in New York. The scenes of fear are everywhere. Is this what the US-led coalition and Nato fought and died for? A touching letter by the Canadian acting military chief, posted on Twitter, has neatly summed up what he and probably every different national commander involved in the 20-year Afghanistan operation must now be currently feeling. The Canadian, Lieutenant-General Wayne Eyre, pondered the terrible question, was it all worth it? The Canadians, with American backing, fought a mighty battle against the Taliban in Panjwai in Kandahar province in 2006 and won but 16 Canadian soldiers died and many more were wounded. Now Panjwai is back under Taliban control. This is happening all across Afghanistan. Areas where so many American, British, Canadian and other nationals died for a cause no one really understood are falling into Taliban hands, sometimes with hardly a fight put up by the Afghan government troops. The presence of Taliban in charge has brought communities, especially the women, back to the brutal regime they hoped would never return. It's a total total disaster.