Afghanistan: Taliban turns more aggressive, adopts policies of the past

Afghanistan: In response to reports of public flogging in eastern Logar province, US special envoy Rina Amiri stated that the Taliban are becoming more brazen in their embrace of outdated principles. Her remarks come amid mounting worry about Afghanistan's human rights situation.
US envoy Amiri tweeted, "This is both appalling and a dangerous sign that the Taliban are becoming more defiant in showing the world that they are embracing the policies of the past. It didn't end up well before & it will once again take the country on a perilous path."
According to media reports on Thursday, the province of Logar publicly flogged three women and eleven males accused of moral offences.

Reuters cited a statement made by the Supreme Court on Twitter, "Fourteen people, including three women were lashed in the presence of scholars, authorities and people … for different sins including adultery, robbery and other forms of corruption in a football stadium in Logar (province)."

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Taliban supreme leader instructs judges to fully apply Islamic law

Judges are to fully apply Islamic law, according to an instruction from Taliban supreme leader Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada earlier this month. The directive from Haibatullah Akhundzada, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, came after the leader met with a group of judges.

According to a Taliban official, the Islamic Emirate's chief's directive would be carried out nationwide. Taliban spokesman Yousef Ahmadi told TOLOnews, "Those who are involved in murder, kidnapping and theft must be punished for their actions."

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Basic rights, notably of women and girls severely restricted

Human Rights Watch claims that after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, they enacted laws that severely restricted basic rights, notably of women and girls.
All women have been removed from civil service leadership positions, and the Taliban have outlawed secondary education for girls in the majority of regions. Taliban regulations forbid women from travelling unless they are escorted by a male relative, and they demand that women conceal their faces in public, including female TV newscasters.

The Taliban have restricted critical reporting, imprisoned, and physically assaulted journalists.

Rights organisations claim that Taliban militants have executed retaliatory killings and forced the disappearances of former government officials and members of the security services. People who were thought to be connected to the Islamic State have been ruthlessly executed.

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