Recent controversial comments by Taliban leaders, like that of Hashimi, have exposed the Taliban’s true nature as it ignores women, who make up half of the population of the war-torn country “Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men,” a senior figure in the ruling Taliban said, a position if formally implemented would effectively bar them from employment …
As the Taliban consolidated its control of Afghanistan there is a growing concern among the residents, especially among women, about the return to a stricter interpretation of Islamic rule that had characterised the Taliban regime in the late nineties, which relegated women’s status in the society and straitjacketed their freedom and individual liberties. A woman without a hijab is like …
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