The Taliban ultra-fundamentalists have committed such atrocities against women that even the reactionary fundamentalist regimes of Saudi Arabia and Iran are feeling ashamed and are compelled to tell the Taliban that such actions and atrocities are denigrating Islam. As a member of a women's social and political organization, I want to talk about our views on the political situation, rather than give further examples of the atrocities. The only cure for the fundamentalist scourge in countries where they are in power is their overthrow. As long as they are in power, there can be no talk of women's rights and human rights, no matter what amount of rhetoric or cosmetic action might apply. No half-measures that they might adopt can hide the fact that fundamentalists are dogged creatures.
Fundamentalism is a nefarious school of thought manifested as a dangerous political system.
It is the antithesis of freedom, democracy, social justice and human rights. That is why fundamentalism cannot be cured wherever it exists as a political system. It has to be overthrown, eliminated. We believe that only then can we hope to attain our rights as women. World bodies, such as the United Nations, and Western powers all go out of their way to campaign for the cause of democracy in countries where they see fit.