To celebrate the downfall of the Taliban rule, it is reported that the Afghan women happily threw off their burqa.
Burqa in the Taliban rule was not just a piece of loose garment worn by Muslim women, but a symbol of total denial to women of personal freedom and equality with men.
Social oppresion through dress regulations has been in vogue in many societies all over the world.
In a number of cases, the oppressed are not even aware of the injustic and discriminations- the paractice being perpetrated as a sort of religious injuction, a social norm, or cultural tradition.
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