The Taliban says Afghanistan will not be used as a base for
terror activities, and women will be allowed to work.
There have been concerns about the retrogression of gains
made on women rights over the past 20 years since the insurgent group took
control of Afghanistan over the weekend.
The Taliban, when it first took over Afghanistan in the
1990s, barred women from working and attending secular schools; women were also
confined to their homes and only allowed to leave in the company of male
relatives.
But speaking during a media briefing on Tuesday, Zabihullah
Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, said the group is committed to the rights of women
under Islamic law, and that they will be allowed to work and study “within our
framework”.
“We are going to allow women to work and study within our
frameworks. Women are going to be very active within our society, but within
the framework of Islam,” Mujahid said.
“They are going to be working shoulder to shoulder with us.
We would like to assure the international community that there will be no
discrimination.”
Mujahid further said no one will be allowed to use the
territory of Afghanistan for attacks against any nation.
He said the group will not harm anyone, and that it is
mostly interested in restoring peace and progress to the south Asian country.
“I would like to assure the international community that
nobody will be harmed,” he said.
“We do not want to have any problems with the international
community. We have the right to act according to our religious principles.
Other countries have different approaches, rules and regulations; the Afghans
have the right to have their own rules and regulations in accordance with our
values.
“We will take very serious steps to improve our economy. We
want to make sure Afghanistan is no longer a battlefield of conflict.
“We have pardoned all those who have fought against us.
Animosities have come to an end. We don’t want any external or internal
enemies.”
“In Afghanistan, I would like to assure our neighbours, our
original countries we are not going to allow our territory to be used against
anybody or any country in the world. So, the whole global community should be
assured that we are committed to these pleasures that you will not be harmed.”
In a related development, Mullah Baradar, chief of the
Taliban’s political office, has arrived in Afghanistan along with other senior
persons of the group.
Baradar, a co-founder of the Taliban and one of its most
senior leaders, has not set foot in Afghanistan in 20 years.
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