US EditionTaliban leader claims women are provided with a 'comfortable and prosperous life' in Afghanistan
- The supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, claimed that his government has taken concrete measures to better the lives of women in Afghanistan, including protecting their Shariah rights and ending traditional oppressions like forced marriages and limiting education and work.
- The region of Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan has recently seen four targeted attacks on Taliban security and government officials by the Islamic State-Khorasan extremist group. The IS-K has shifted to a new strategy of urban warfare and relies on recruitment from other militant groups, including the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan .
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Taliban Claims Afghan Women Provided With 'Comfortable, Prosperous Life'
The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message Sunday claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women's lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girls' education is severely curtailed. The statement from Hibatullah Akhundzada was made public ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday, which will be celebrated later this week in Afghanistan and other Islamic countries. Akhundzad…
Taliban leader claims women are provided with a 'comfortable and prosperous life' in Afghanistan
The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message Sunday claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women's lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girls' education is severely curtailed.
Afghan supreme leader says women 'saved from oppression' by Taliban
Afghanistan's supreme leader said Sunday the country's women were being saved from "traditional oppressions" by the adoption of Islamic governance and their status as "free and dignified human beings" restored.In a statement marking this week's Eid al-Adha holiday, Hibatullah Akhundzada -- who rarely appears in public and rules by decree from the Taliban's birthplace in Kandahar -- said steps had been taken to provide women with a "comfortable a…
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