The Taliban’s ban on women speaking out and appearing bare-faced in public offers a “distressing vision” of Afghanistan’s future, a UN official said Sunday.
The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws, which include the ban on women speaking and appearing bare-faced in publicoffer a “distressing vision of Afghanistan’s future.”
Roza Otunbayeva, head of the mission of the HIM in the country, stated that the laws expand the “already intolerable restrictions” on the rights of women and girls, since they “even the sound of a female voice” outside the home is apparently considered a moral violation.
The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan They promulgated last Wednesday the first set of laws of the country to prevent vice and promote virtue. Among them is the obligation for the woman to hide her face, body and voice outside the home.
The laws empower the Ministry of Vice and Virtue to be on the front line of regulating personal conduct and administer punishments such as warnings or arrests if his enforcers allege that Afghans have broken the laws.
The mission said it was studying the newly ratified law and its implications for Afghans, as well as its possible impact on humanitarian aid from the UN and other agencies.
Taliban officials were not immediately available for comment. In statements broadcast on Sunday by the state broadcaster ‘RTA’, the Minister of Vices and Virtues, Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, stated that no one has the right to violate women’s rights based on inappropriate customs.
“We commit to guarantee all rights of women based on Islamic law and anyone who has a complaint about it will be heard and resolved,” he added.
The Taliban continue to cut women’s rights
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada declared last year that Afghan women have a “comfortable and prosperous” life, despite the decrees that prohibit them from accessing many public spaces, to education y to most jobs.
The UN has previously said that official recognition of the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan is almost impossible as long as conflicts persist. restrictions on women and girls. Although no country recognizes the Taliban, many in the region maintain ties with them.
Last Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates They accepted the ambassador’s credentials taliban in the oil-rich Arab Gulf state.
A UAE official said the decision reaffirmed the government’s determination to help build bridges to help Afghans. “This includes providing humanitarian aid through development and reconstruction projects, and supporting efforts working towards regional de-escalation and stability.”
Otunbayeva plans to report to the UN Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan on September 18three years after the Taliban ended education for sixth-grade girls.
