The Taliban on Tuesday promised that women will not be discriminated against within the ambit a of what the Sharia law says.
At its first press briefing since taking over government in Kabul on Sunday, spokesman of the Taliban Zabihullah Mujajeed also assured that no one would be harmed on account of working with the United States.
He said Taliban don’t want any external and internal enemies.
He said no armed Taliban should be entering people’s houses for any form of harassment.
“I would like to assure the international community that nobody will be harmed,” Zabihullah Mujahid says.
“We do not want to have any problems with the international community,” the Taliban spokesman added.
“We have the right to act according to our religious principles. Other countries have different approaches, rules and regulations… the Afghans have the right to have their own rules and regulations in accordance with our values.”
“[We] are committed to the rights of women under the system of sharia [Islamic law],” Mujahid says.
Explaining why the Taliban overran Kabul, he said “We do not want to see chaos in Kabul,” the Taliban spokesman says.
“Our plan was to stop at the gates of Kabul so the transition process could be completed smoothly.”
“But unfortunately, the previous government was so incompetent… their security forces could not do anything to ensure security. We had to do something.”
“We had to enter Kabul to ensure the security of the residents,” Mujahid says.
