Since the takeover, the Taliban s hard regime has waged war and constant unrest in the country with the newest one emerging in the form of wheat shortfall as the country now gears up to tackle the looming food crunch.
As the Taliban regime in Afghanistan continues to clench the rights of Afghan women, the newest decree ordered female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab.
Grabbing of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan may have brought a sense of gratification to the powerful army-intelligence nexus of Pakistan but it has created rippling effects for which Islamabad might be ill-prepared as it has also damaged the latter s relationship with the West emerging as a Frankenstein which will turn on its creator sooner than later.
The G7 Foreign Ministers on Thursday (local time) deplored the Taliban s recent decree enforcing hijab on Afghan women and new punishments for family members to enforce compliance with these restrictions.
As the Taliban s recent decision to impose additional restrictions on women, including the mandate that they cover their faces in public places, the United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting to discuss the issue on May 12 at the request of Norway mission.