Popular protests in the US, Canada, the UK, the EU, and Australia in recent months reveal the chasm between ruling elites, who unreservedly support Israel, and the populations of their countries.
Dozens of eminent Afghans and experts on Afghanistan, in an open letter published on June 23, 2022, have called for the re-imposition of an international travel ban on the leaders of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban jihadi organization which seized power in 2021) for their continued harboring of Al-Qaeda and terror terrorist groups, war crimes, and abuse of women's rights.