We Keep Naughty Women At Home: Taliban On Women Afraid To Leave Homes Under Its Rule

Mumbai: When asked about women who say they are afraid to go out of their homes under Taliban rule, Afghanistan’s acting interior minister and Taliban’s co-deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani said, “We keep naughty women at home.”

“The international community is raising the issue of women’s rights a lot. Here in Afghanistan, there are Islamic, national, cultural and traditional principles. Within the limit of those principles, we are working to provide them with opportunities to work — that is our goal. By saying “naughty women”, it was a joke referring to those naughty women who are controlled by some other sides to bring the current government into question,” said Haqqani,” Haqqani said.

Her statement came weeks after the Taliban issued a decree urging women to wear a burqa when staying at home or when they go out.

Asked about Afghan women taking to the streets in recent months to protest decrees issued by the Taliban, Haqqani described it as “provoked from outside” movements.

On the issue of reopening girls’ secondary schools, he said this depends on dress codes to ensure women’s “honour and security”, and that the Taliban regime is currently working on mechanisms for this.

Haqqani said that it is not only Afghan women in the country facing poverty and unemployment.

“Half of our Mujahideen comrades have not even got employment,” he said.

“The issue of women’s rights has been frequently highlighted. But, what has created these obstacles are international sanctions and the lack of official interaction with the world community. This has pushed a lot of people into poverty and joblessness,” he said.

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