The Taliban have been back in control of Afghanistan for a little while now. How’s that been going?
Have they finally decided to join the 21st century and let women have a say in how things are done? Dare we be optimistic?
Apparently the Associated Press was optimistic at first, but now they’re just disappointed:
BREAKING: The Taliban announce a list of deputy ministers, failing to appoint any women, doubling down on an all-male, all-Taliban government in Afghanistan. https://t.co/i5g8TjdKvJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 21, 2021
No women in the Taliban government? Say it ain’t so!
Shocked https://t.co/3Hw4d3fan2
— john jackson (@pvtjokerus) September 21, 2021
https://t.co/UT8ghWLg3k pic.twitter.com/mobi0LIdm8
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) September 21, 2021
— BigDell23🇺🇸🇦🇺 (@BigDell23) September 21, 2021
What about LGBTQ+ deputy ministers, were they excluded too? https://t.co/XQfUpuVyP6
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) September 21, 2021
It’s not like the Taliban ever gave the AP reason to doubt that they’d elevate women to positions of power. Well, aside from all the sex slavery and the rape and the stonings and the decapitations, of course.
✍🏼uh✍🏼oh✍🏼 pic.twitter.com/rUyN71uHgL
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) September 21, 2021
BREAKING: Dog Bites Man! https://t.co/db23LbQISE
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 21, 2021
Duh
— Brad Polumbo 🇺🇸⚽️ 🏳️🌈 (@brad_polumbo) September 21, 2021
Why is this even news? https://t.co/e4SK1UVXcK
— Bohemio of the Reeeeing Twenties (@El__Bohemio) September 21, 2021
This isn’t even news, much less BREAKING news. https://t.co/1A0Vxi8jcW
— Rachael Larimore (@RachaelBL) September 21, 2021
wtf did you all expect? https://t.co/PqetlMMN6q
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) September 21, 2021
We can’t speak for the AP, but this is pretty much what we expected. Then again, we’re not journalists.
And the only one shocked is apparently the AP and the Biden administration.
— GOPPouncer (@Mellecon) September 21, 2021
The best people.
