This week’s Riz Khan Show starts with Afghanistan, which recently marked three years under Taliban rule after the US and its Western allies pulled troops out of the country as the Afghan government’s army crumbled. It was a chaotic departure which sparked desperate scenes at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans fled what they feared would be persecution by the Taliban. Millions more joined the exodus abroad, while a further 3 million people remain displaced internally. Most of these are women. Well, despite initial promises of fair treatment by the Taliban rulers, the erosion of women’s freedoms has progressed from curbing education to encompass almost all aspects of their everyday lives.The latest decree requires women to be completely covered and accompanied by a male family member when outside the home, and their voices must not be heard. No reading allowed, no reciting poetry, and definitely no singing. Well, critical voices in the international community have accused the