Afghan supreme leader says women 'saved from oppression' by Taliban
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan supreme leader says women 'saved from oppression' by Taliban

The Hindu  

Afghanistan's supreme leader said Sunday the country's women were being saved from "traditional oppressions" by the adoption of Islamic governance and their status as "free and dignified human beings" restored. In a statement marking this week's Eid al-Adha holiday, Hibatullah Akhundzada – who rarely appears in public and rules by decree from the Taliban's birthplace in Kandahar – said steps had been taken to provide women with a "comfortable and prosperous life according to Islamic Sharia". The United Nations expressed "deep concern" last week that women were being deprived of their rights under Afghanistan's Taliban government and warned of systematic gender apartheid. A report to the UN's Human Rights Council last week by Richard Bennett, the special rapporteur for Afghanistan, said the plight of women and girls in the country "was among the worst in the world".

History of this topic

The Taliban is removing every shred of freedom from womenUntitled Story
3 days, 9 hours ago
UN Security Council criticises Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education
1 week, 3 days ago
UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education
1 week, 3 days ago
Thanks to the Taliban’s new rules on birth, even more women will die
2 weeks, 4 days ago
All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan
2 weeks, 4 days ago
What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three years into Taliban rule
1 month, 1 week ago
'Afghanistan is a pot with no cover; anything can fall in it, anything can be taken'
1 month, 1 week ago
'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Taliban further restricts women's voices with ban on praying aloud in front of other women
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Taliban's Diplomatic Offensive: A Step Towards Women's Rights in Afghanistan
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Meryl Streep says cats have more rights than women in Afghanistan
3 months ago
The Taliban’s repression of women in Afghanistan is outrageous, the UN rights chief says
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Afghanistan: A Nation Deprived, a Future Denied
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Taliban’s Draconian ‘Morality’ Law Targets Afghan Women, Who Are The Muhtasibs?
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Taliban chief tells officials to enforce new morality law
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How will the morality law hit Afghan women?
3 months, 3 weeks ago
U.N. 'concerned' by Afghanistan morality law
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Taliban bans UN special rapporteur who sought education for girls from entering Afghanistan
4 months ago
First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Afghan women's rights an internal issue, Taliban says before U.N.-led talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Taliban attends U.N.-led meeting on Afghanistan, with women excluded
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting being attended by Taliban: UN official
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Women’s rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says
5 months, 3 weeks ago
UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
6 months ago
UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity
6 months ago
​Afghanistan in a state of gender apartheid as women's rights are being picked apart
8 months, 1 week ago
Reclusive Taliban leader releases Eid message urging officials to set aside their differences
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Afghan Women Will be Stoned to Death for Adultery, Declares Taliban Leader Akhundzada in New Audio
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
10 months, 1 week ago
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
10 months, 1 week ago
Taliban enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women: U.N. report
11 months ago
Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says
11 months ago
Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch accuses Taliban of intensifying freedom curbs
11 months, 1 week ago
Taliban officials sending Afghan women to prison to 'protect' them from gender-based violence: UN
1 year ago
Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report
1 year ago
Restricted rights put Afghan women and girls in a ‘deadly situation’ during quakes, UN official says
1 year, 2 months ago
As mental health worsens among Afghanistan’s women, the UN is asked to declare ‘gender apartheid’
1 year, 2 months ago
Amina Zurmati and Qudratullah Zurmati
1 year, 3 months ago
Afghanistan marks two years of women and girls being banned from schools: ‘Hopeless and broken’
1 year, 3 months ago
2 years ago, the Taliban banned girls from school. It’s a worsening crisis for all Afghans
1 year, 3 months ago
The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief
1 year, 3 months ago
Now, Taliban stops women from sightseeing: All ways Afghan women’s rights have been suppressed
1 year, 3 months ago
Rights groups condemn Taliban’s new curbs on women’s education, movement
1 year, 3 months ago
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from entering popular Band-e-Amir national park for THIS reason
1 year, 3 months ago
United Nations envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity denying girls education
1 year, 4 months ago
Taliban celebrate return to power 2 years on amid erosion of Afghan women's rights
1 year, 4 months ago
Two Years After Kabul's Fall: Afghans Speak of Hope and Challenges Under Taliban Rule
1 year, 4 months ago

Discover Related