^truly so prioir to taliban the women of these areas were having splendid rights awarded to them? education and progress was upto mark. get real. taliban appeared here for these areas had a soft corner for them, long neglected areas and tribal haven.
Women nearly all over pakistan are treated like cattle, and the education system has been in the gutter for an equal amount of time. The taliban buddus are trying to bring it to an even worse level through the use of violence. Of course these areas had a soft corner for taliban, as they had been told by successive governments in islamabad that mujahideen and jihad are the duty of all tribals. This government policy is what parties like MQM have been fighting against since the 80's when we were called traitors and worse (still are).