In just 28 months, the Taliban have dismantled Afghan women’s and girls’ rights imposing draconian restrictions regarding their education, employment and freedom of movement. Any perceived violation of these oppressive policies is often met with harassment, intimidation, and verbal and physical abuse orchestrated by the Taliban’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue. And when women are detained by authorities, they have been subjected to cruel treatment, including torture.
Afghanistan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, M Ashraf Haidari, tells DH’s Anirban Bhaumik that Taliban’s gender apartheid has effectively condemned almost half of the population of his country to complete exclusion from any participation in the society, polity and economy. Haidari, an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Washington DC, warns
Afghanistan’s ambassador to Sri Lanka, M Ashraf Haidari, tells DH’s Anirban Bhaumik that Taliban’s gender apartheid has effectively condemned almost half of the population of his country to complete exclusion from any participation in the society, polity and economy. Haidari, an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Washington DC, warns
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have begun imposing Hudood punishments for what Islamic Shari'a law considers serious crimes. But many Afghans are questioning whether the Taliban has the religious authority, legal right, and the best interests of the nation in mind in imposing strict punishments.