Afghanistan News: In its latest assault on women’s rights, the Taliban has so far banned the use of contraceptive pills or contraceptive pills in two cities. Taliban fighters are going door-to-door threatening midwives and ordering pharmacies to remove all birth control drugs and equipment. Taliban fighters are claiming that the contraceptive pill is a Western plot to control the Muslim population.
It may be recalled that Afghanis are already suffering from extreme poverty and lack of facilities including medical infrastructure. Many families with many children are facing difficulty in meeting their daily needs as Taliban have also asked women not to work.
The Taliban, which came to power in August 2021, has since cracked down on women’s rights and freedoms by ending higher education for girls, closing universities for young women, and locking women out of their jobs.
According to The Washington Post, the Taliban has also launched a nationwide ‘purification’ campaign to replace civil laws with Islamic laws. When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the group quickly began a “purification” campaign aimed at stripping the country of civil laws and institutions in order to create a fully Islamic society. George said that a year and a half later, the Taliban had overhauled the country’s justice system by scrapping the constitution and replacing the legal code with regulations based on a stricter interpretation of Islamic law.
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The Taliban have filled prisons, denied men and women basic civil rights, and destroyed the social safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable Afghans. It is also seeking to change the media it is using to promote its vision for the country and restrict content considered un-Islamic, including music and the appearance of women, The Washington Post reported. .
In recent months, George said, with the Taliban formalizing these legal and policy changes, the purification drive has gone further. In addition, the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, has become more vocal about subjecting alleged criminals to Islamic law, and this has more often translated into public floggings, for example.
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Since taking power, the Taliban have also severely restricted women’s access to education and barred women from working for humanitarian organizations. The decisions sparked global outrage and initially forced many aid groups to halt operations providing aid to millions of Afghans struggling to feed and keep their families warm. The Taliban has said that other countries should not interfere in its domestic affairs, and on balance, the international response has been relatively modest. (With ANI inputs)