Sediq Sediqqi: Canada must redouble efforts to ensure foreign aid is not appropriated by the Taliban

The Taliban is profiting off the West's generosity and using the money to oppress its own people

Three years after the Taliban retook Afghanistan, prospects for change within its ranks remain distant. Rather than introducing reforms, the Taliban are imposing stricter laws — doubling down on gender-based discrimination, erasing women from public life and substantially curtailing freedom of speech. In its latest edict, the Taliban banned women hearing each other’s voices in public.