We preserve naughty ladies at dwelling, say Taliban as they promise ‘excellent news quickly’

Afghanistan’s appearing inside minister and the Taliban’s co-deputy chief Sirajuddin Haqqani has mentioned the group will permit ladies to return into highschool — a promise which stays unfulfilled for the time being. He mentioned there can be “good news soon”, including that girls who protested in opposition to the regime ought to keep dwelling.

After gaining management of Afghanistan, the Taliban had promised to be extra liberal with their guidelines on ladies. However, the group quickly reversed their resolution to permit ladies in class indefinitely, the CNN reported.

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When requested about ladies who’re afraid to exit of their houses beneath Taliban rule, the senior chief mentioned, “We keep naughty women at home.”

“By saying naughty women, it was a joke referring to those naughty women who are controlled by some other sides to bring the current government into question,” he defined.

Sirajuddin Haqqani is needed by the FBI and has been categorized by the US State Department as a “specially designated global terrorist”, with a$10 million bounty on his head.

“Already girls are allowed to go to school up to grade 6, and above that grade, the work is continuing on a mechanism. Very soon, you will hear very good news about this issue, God willing,” he advised CNN, with out specifying a timeframe.

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When requested whether or not all ladies must cowl their faces, he mentioned, “We are not forcing women to wear [the] hijab, but we are advising them and preaching to them from time to time … [the] hijab is not compulsory but it is an Islamic order that everyone should implement.”

Afghan ladies above Class 6 had been scheduled to renew courses in March for the primary time because the Taliban’s takeover however had been advised to remain dwelling till an acceptable faculty uniform in line with Sharia and Afghan customs and tradition was designed, an Afghan state media reported on the time.

After their return to energy, the Taliban demanded that girls put on not less than a hijab, a shawl masking the pinnacle however revealing the face.

But because the starting of May, they’ve as a substitute compelled them to put on a full veil in public and ideally a burqa, which had been obligatory once they first ran the nation between 1996 and 2001.