- A Taliban leader said that Islamic scholars will decide whether Afghan women can work or go to school.
- “Our ulema will decide whether to allow girls to go to school,” he told Reuters.
- Afghan women are worried that the Taliban will deprive them of their rights.
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A Taliban leader stated that a group of Islamic scholars will decide whether women and girls in Afghanistan can go to work or school. This statement seems to contradict the militant group’s promise that women will play an active role in its new regime.
“Our Ulema [scholars] Will decide whether to allow girls to go to school,” Taliban commander Vahidullah Hashimi told Reuters.
“They will decide whether they should wear a headscarf, a burqa or just [a] Veil and robe or something. It depends on them. “
Afghan women Shared fears about the TalibanWhen the government collapsed last week, which occupied most of the country, strict Islamic laws will be re-implemented, which were implemented during the last reign from 1996 to 2001.
During that time, girls Schools are not allowed, women are not allowed to work, And the law requires them to wear a burqa. According to a report issued by the US State Department at the time, women who violated these regulations were punished by beatings and stoning.
Hashmi’s remarks on Wednesday appeared to contradict the remarks made by Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid earlier this week, who promised that women would “Very active in society.”
Although the Taliban have tried to be moderate in recent weeks, Many international and Afghan human rights organizations do not believe that they have undergone major changes since their last reignIt is characterized by cruel retaliation and strict interpretation of Islamic law.
There have been reports that the Taliban are preventing women from working. Shabnam Dawran, RTA’s Afghan hostess, Said she was told to “go home” by group members After she goes to work. “The regime has changed,” they said, according to her report.
The Taliban were also involved in a series of bombings this year, including a triple bomb attack on a high school where a girl was studying.West Kabul bombing Killed 85 people, most of them girls, and injured 140 others.
