The supreme chief of the Taliban launched a message on Sunday claiming that his authorities has taken the mandatory steps for the betterment of girls’s lives in Afghanistan, the place ladies are banned from public life and work and ladies’ training is severely curtailed.
The assertion from Hibatullah Akhundzada was made public forward of the Eid al-Adha vacation, which will likely be celebrated later this week in Afghanistan and different Islamic international locations.
Akhundzada, an Islamic scholar, hardly ever seems in public or leaves the Taliban heartland in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province. He surrounds himself with different non secular students and allies who oppose training and work for girls.
In his Eid message, Akhundzada mentioned that underneath the rule of the Islamic Emirate, concrete measures have been taken to save lots of ladies from many conventional oppressions, together with compelled marriages, “and their Shariah rights have been protected”.
“Furthermore, vital steps have been taken for the betterment of girls as half of society with the intention to present them with a cushty and affluent life in accordance with the Islamic Shariah,” the message continued.
Currently, Akhundzada seems to have taken a stronger hand in directing home coverage, banning ladies’ training after the sixth grade and barring Afghan ladies from public life and work, particularly for nongovernmental organisations and the United Nations.
The message was distributed in 5 languages: Arabic, Dari, English, Pashto and Urdu. Akhundzada mentioned the detrimental elements of the earlier 20-year occupation associated to ladies’s carrying of the hijab and misguidance will finish quickly.
“The standing of girls as a free and dignified human being has been restored and all establishments have been obliged to assist ladies in securing marriage, inheritance and different rights,” he added.
Regardless of preliminary guarantees of a extra reasonable rule than throughout their earlier stint in energy within the Nineties, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing Afghanistan in August 2021 as US and NATO forces have been pulling out.
They’ve barred ladies from public areas, like parks and gymnasiums, and cracked down on media freedoms. The measures have triggered a fierce worldwide uproar, rising the nation’s isolation at a time when its economic system has collapsed and worsening a humanitarian disaster.
Akhundzada reiterated his name for different international locations to cease interfering in Afghanistan’s inner affairs. He mentioned the Taliban authorities desires good political and financial relations with the world, particularly with Islamic international locations, and has fulfilled its accountability on this regard.
Akhundzada’s message additionally condemned Israel’s behaviour towards the Palestinians and known as on the folks and authorities of Sudan to put aside their variations and work collectively for unity and brotherhood.
