In Kabul on Tuesday, Taliban spokesperson addresses the public in first official news conference following it’s stunning takeover of Afghanistan as the group’s co-founder returned to the country.
The group said that the women’s rights will be protected in Afghanistan within the limits of Islamic law.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the group’s spokesman, said “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.”
On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by US troops.
Thousands of Afghans have tried to flee the country to escape the rule expected under the Taliban, or direct retribution for siding with the US-backed government that ruled for the past twenty years, have stoked fears of their return among many.
However, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters the new government would be “positively different” from their 1996-2001 regime, infamous for deaths by stoning and barring women from working in contact with men.
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed on Tuesday, as a Western security official told the Reuters news agency that the Kabul airport’s tarmac and runway which troops from the United States control were now clear of crowds.
