“We are going to allow women to work and study. We have got frameworks, of course. Women are going to be very active in the society but within the framework of Islam,” Zabihullah Mujahid, the group’s spokesman, said at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday.
Mujahid, who had been a shadowy figure for years, said that “there will be no discrimination against women” adding that “they are going to work shoulder to shoulder with us.”
Pressed on how the new Taliban government will differ from the previous one, Mujahid said that the group has evolved and will not take the same actions they did in the past.
“There will be a difference when it comes to the actions we are going to take” compared with 20 years ago, he said.
“We are committed to the media within our cultural frameworks. Private media can continue to be free and independent. They can continue their activities,” he said.
He also said the group has no plans to enter the homes of people or carry out retaliatory attacks on anyone who served in the previous governments, worked with foreigners or were part of the Afghan National Security Forces.
There have been unconfirmed reports of Taliban fighters entering the homes of Kabul residents, but Mujahid said those were impostors who should be turned over to the Taliban and face appropriate punishment
No faith in it, but saying good things is the first step. I, for one, would be completely unsurprised if it turns out the coverage of the Taliban over the past few decades has not exactly been accurate and up to date.
the coverage of the Taliban over the past few decades has not exactly been accurate and up to date.
What are you talking about they have only been a thing for a few decades, they were in government less than 20 years ago.
Do you think the Taliban went into the mountains to do a personal growth and go woke the last 18 years or so? There is absolutely no reason to have any faith in this beyond that maybe they won’t go nuts like in the 90s because they’re not in a position to want to be internationally isolated. But if you hear them speak it’s pretty obvious they’ve not changed, they’re saying “oh don’t worry we’re not gonna do x” and then put a bunch of asterisks. They’re fanatically religious mountain warriors and they will act that way, which also means there may very well be a new refugee crisis in Europe so get ready for whatever that means for the course of politics.
