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title: 'Coalition leaflet: ''Drive out the foreign terrorists'', with a Taliban beating a woman (Afghanistan, 2001)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/afghanistan-us-leaflet-drive-out-foreign-terrorists-2001/
description: 'Front, translated on the file page: ''Drive out the foreign terrorists.'' Back: a photograph of a man in Taliban-era dress striking a woman in a blue burqa.'
section: Collection
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**Content note:** Coalition leaflet reproducing a photograph of a Taliban member beating a woman, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Coalition leaflet: 'Drive out the foreign terrorists', 2001 US leaflet: Front, translated on the file page](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/afghanistan-us-leaflet-drive-out-foreign-terrorists-2001.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/afghanistan-us-leaflet-drive-out-foreign-terrorists-2001.jpg)

# Coalition leaflet: 'Drive out the foreign terrorists', with a Taliban beating a woman (Afghanistan, 2001)

Front, translated on the file page: 'Drive out the foreign terrorists.' Back: a photograph of a man in Taliban-era dress striking a woman in a blue burqa, beside the line 'Is this the future you want for your women and children?' The tell is one shocking photograph carrying the whole argument, with the question left to answer itself.

## Propaganda techniques used in this leaflet

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Appeal to emotion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/appeal-to-emotion/)

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[← Coalition leaflet: US aid to Afghanistan against 'This is what the Taliban has done' (Afghanistan, 2001)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/afghanistan-us-leaflet-america-aid-versus-taliban-2001/) [Coalition leaflet: 'Friendship' handshake between America and Afghanistan (Afghanistan, 2001) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/afghanistan-us-leaflet-friendship-handshake-2001/)

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