The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn’t cause broken bones or open wounds.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/taliban-new-penal-code-legalizes-domestic-violence-against-women/


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  • doleo
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    2 days ago

    No? How’s it going over there regarding reproductive rights?

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      1 day ago

      Dude. Just because they’re also full of religious backwards numbnuts, who want to reign over women, doesn’t mean they’re even close to the Taliban level of degeneracy.

      The USA might be going backwards in time to 1950 and before, but the pedoliban are still in the year 700.