Taliban In Kohat Area of Pakistan Warn Women and School Girls To Wear Burqas

Oh yes, the Taliban...the group that the new government of Pakistan has been so eager to sign peace agreements with, the group that is trying to bring the 7th century back to Pakistan, is now alerting all women, school girls and teachers in the Kohat area that they better get covered up in burqas and quick. Here's some of the report out of Daily Times:

Local Taliban have warned women and school-going girls in a town near Kohat to wear burqas when going out and to avoid visiting markets without a male escort, a private television channel reported on Tuesday.

This is what makes the new government of Pakistan look like such fools - all they have to do is have a conversation with the people of neighboring Afghanistan about what it is like living with the Taliban handing out the rules - the Afghans suffered for years under the Taliban and quite frankly, Afghan women were probably the most oppressed in all of the world at that time.

At what point in time, are the leaders of the new Pakistani government going to wake up and see what they have spawned? They are sitting on a gold mine of opportunity with NATO and U.S. forces just over the border willing to come in and excise this cancer from Pakistan - hopefully they will seize the opportunity to protect their women and children, soon.

Taliban warn women to wear burqas in Kohat

LAHORE: Local Taliban have warned women and school-going girls in a town near Kohat to wear burqas when going out and to avoid visiting markets without a male escort, a private television channel reported on Tuesday. According to Dawn News, the warning was issued on leaflets posted on the walls of all mosques in the Billaybang area 22 kilometres east of Kohat.

The channel reported that the Taliban threatened that people will face consequences if they tried to remove the leaflets. They also asked female teachers to strictly observe the ‘Islamic dress code’ or face punishment, the channel said. Local Taliban have also over the past few nights blown up music shops in the Billaybang area, it added.