Washington: Over the past month, the Taliban has made burqa compulsory for Afghan women and banned girls’ education. The issue reached the UN Security Council. Security Council member states have criticized the Taliban policy on Afghan girls and women as ‘Oppression’. At the same time, the Security Council indicated that it would be making some big decisions against the Taliban.
Last week, the Taliban announced new rules for women in Afghanistan. Afghan women will have to wear body-covering clothing from head to toe. The Taliban also warned Afghan women not to leave their homes unless necessary. This raises concerns that the Taliban are trying to establish their rule as they did 20 years ago.
Despite the Taliban’s suggestion, Afghan women seem not to be paying any heed to the warnings. In the capital, Kabul, Afghan women in plain clothes protested against the Taliban decision. The women dashed to the area in front of the Afghan president’s residence. The Taliban then took action against the protesters.
UN Security Council called for an urgent meeting regarding the new regulations by the Taliban and actions against Afghan women. At the meeting, members of the Security Council criticized the ban imposed on women by the Taliban regime. The Deputy Ambassador of Norway lashed out that instead of focusing on the dire economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban tramples on women and girls’ rights. The ambassadors of Ireland and Mexico also accused the Taliban regime of resuming violence against women.
British ambassador, Barbara Woodward, accused the Taliban of trampling on the rights of Afghan women and girls since they came to power. Before the Taliban came to power, 3.6 million girls were being educated in Afghanistan over the last 20 years. One-third of the Afghan parliamentarians were women. Woodward also noted that women make up 20 per cent of the working class in Afghanistan.
Woodward made it clear that the UN Security Council would not stop at simply criticizing the Taliban regime. In the next few hours, the Security Council will take a major decision on the situation in Afghanistan and the rights of women and girls, the British ambassador said.
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that the daughters of Taliban leaders, who have imposed restrictions on the education of Afghan girls, are still receiving education. In an interview with a news agency, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen admitted that both his daughters were attending school. Like Suhail Shaheen, the daughters of other Taliban leaders are also claimed to be studying. This has exposed the Taliban’s duplicity to the world and is being widely criticized.
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