Similarly, the Taliban recognize that the younger people, girls included, are the future, and if they go to school and get an education, they can pose a threat to the Taliban whether through education of others, or becoming organized against them. You can already see this from the New York Time documentary where the girl was speaking out against the control that the Taliban has over their school-going. They are trying to establish their power by showing that they will carry out their beliefs/orders that the girls shouldn't be in school. As we have seen so much throughout history, the powers usually try to make an example out of someone so as to warn the others. The girls though have taken this warning and basically stepped on it refusing to stay at home.
Both Hitler and now the Taliban were trying to contain the people that they were controlling making sure that there could not be anything that could lead to future uprisings or threats to their power. Both groups used fear and weren't afraid of things getting a little messy. The difference now from Hitler though, is that the girls have shown a tremendous strength and most have gone back to school instead of living in the contained fear. Fear only works on the weak-spirited, and these girls back in school are showing that they are determined and could very well be the threat that the Taliban is trying to get rid of.
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