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Covering Southeast Asia. Also worked for a year and half across Africa, several years in Ireland, a few months each in London, Brussels, Amsterdam. - Part 197
The Afghan Taliban has imposed one more ban, this time on political parties in Afghanistan. Interim Minister for Justice, Sha-ikh Maulavi Abdul Hak-eem Sharae said there was a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan, the Dawn reported.
government spokesman told us the world shouldn't interfere. translation: this isjust an excuse i to put pressure on afghanistan. we have made progress in other areas. there is just one small issue remaining and we will sort this out as well. it's just a matter of time? because most people believe they seem to be there to stay. translation: women are working in some places now and for- the rest as well, as long as sharia allows it and there is a need. the same goes for girls' education. we have never said that these restrictions are going to be forever. afghans ask if, when, their lives will change. security is better now. no more taliban attacks, of course. foreign troops are gone, but donors are turning away, too. the un appeal is only a quarterfunded. one message the afghan people really give us so forcefully and strongly is, please don't abandon us.
there is no such thing as women's freedom anymore. >> women's rights activists -- who stayed in kabul while more than 1 million afghans fled, said the taliban government is erasing women from society. >> even the rights that we have, even in sharia, we are losing all of that. so if it's not annihilation, what is it? then >> zahra, an inspiring designer, it is unclear what the taliban demands of her. >> just to stay at home, get married, you have to give birth to children, that's it. and this is your life, this is what women are made for. >> the international community repeal gauge the taliban's women and girls, the taliban is refusing to listen, saying it will not be pressured. >> afghanistan was freed from occupation. afghans were able to regain their country, freedom, government, and will.
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on multiple occasions. in may last year, the government announced a decree mandating head—to—toe clothing for women. by october, a few months had passed without any major new restrictions. girls, including those who had not completed their last year of school, were allowed to sit university entrance exams. in november, a vice and virtue ministry spokesman said women had been banned from kabul parks because they were not following sharia. the ban was then implemented across afghanistan and women were also barred from gyms, swimming pools and public baths. and at the end of last year, all public and private universities were ordered to immediately suspend all female education until further notice. and injuly this year, the last few spaces where women could gather away from taliban scrutiny, hair and beauty salons, were ordered to shut down.
were a safe place for women. i even had customers who were coming to the salon only to talk and spend some time, laugh and cry with other women. the only thing i can see from my heart is that the women of my country are deeply distressed. the un says this may be gender apartheid, but the taliban government spokesman told us the world shouldn't interfere. translation: this isjust an excuse to put pressure on afghanistan. - we have made progress in other areas. there isjust one small issue remaining and we will sort this out as well. it's just a matter of time? because most people believe they seem to be there to stay. translation: women are working| in some places now and for the rest as well, as long as sharia allows it and there is a need. the same goes for girls' education. we have never said that these restrictions are going to be forever.
they seem to be there to stay. translation: women are working| in some places now and for the rest as well, as long as sharia allows it and there is a need. the same goes for girls' education. we have never said that these restrictions are going to be forever. afghans ask if, when, their lives will change. security is better now. no more taliban attacks, of course. foreign troops are gone, but donors are turning away, too. the un appeal is only a quarterfunded. one message that afghan people really give us so forcefully and strongly is please don't abandon us. we have already now a more difficult situation. if you take away ourjobs and if you take away even the basic needs that we have, where should we end up? more and more children are ending up like this, like ismutala and asif working 14
women and girls have also faced severe restrictions since the taliban came to power, including the banning of girls from secondary schools. within a month of the takeover, secondary schools opened for boys following an education statement, which made no mention of girls. women responded to restrictions with marches demanding the right to work and study. they were violently stopped by the taliban government on multiple occasions. in may last year, the government announced a decree mandating head—to—toe clothing for women. by october, a few months had passed without any major new restrictions. girls, including those who had not completed their last year of school, were allowed to sit university entrance exams. in november, a vice and virtue ministry spokesman said women had been banned from kabul parks because they were not following sharia. the ban was then implemented across afghanistan and women were also barred from gyms, swimming pools and public