Brickbat: Window Pain

OSTN Staff

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The Taliban has banned windows in residential buildings to prevent people from seeing women inside. The ban specifically covers windows that allow people to see into the “courtyard, kitchen, neighbour’s well and other places usually used by women,” and it includes not only new construction but existing buildings as well. “Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,” the decree claims.

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