Now, again The horror stories of Taliban rule have started surfacing. After forcibly taking away young girls as sex slaves, the Taliban has now banned the use of Covid-19 vaccines in East Afghanistan. Almost 60 per cent of Afghanistan is now under the control of the Taliban. According to media reports, the Taliban is making rapid advances and could isolate capital Kabul in 30 days and bring Afghanistan under its complete control within less than three months. Thousands of Afghans are fleeing Taliban-captured cities in the north, some telling of brutal treatment by the insurgents: bodies left in the streets, girls being kidnapped to become Taliban brides, and young men press-ganged into fighting. The Taliban have captured much of northern, western and southern Afghanistan, and are now battling government forces just 11 kilometers (7 miles) south of the capital, Kabul. Taliban group had previously governed Afghanistan under a harsh version of Islamic law in which women were largely confined to the home.