Afghanistan: Taliban shut down women’s ministry, replace it with ‘morality police’

The Taliban seem to have shut down the ladies’s affairs ministry and changed it with the ‘Morality police’ a division that when enforced strict spiritual doctrines within the nation earlier than the US invasion in 2001.

Footage on social media posted on Friday, September 17, reveals the signal on the ministry was eliminated, and an indication for the ministry of ‘advantage and vice’ also called ‘morality’ put as an alternative.

Footage additionally reveals girls staff exterior the workplaces, urging the Taliban to allow them to return to work.

Within the final 20 years Afghan girls have  gained quite a lot of fundamental rights, however that progress is being halted by the Taliban’s new all-male interim authorities.

Human rights teams have criticised the advantage and vice ministry for silencing dissent, violently implementing restrictions on residents particularly girls and women however the Taliban say the establishment is necessary.

“The principle function is to serve Islam. Due to this fact, it’s obligatory to have [a] Ministry of Vice and Advantage,” a Taliban member, Mohammad Yousuf, instructed the New York Put up.