She asks the Taliban about women's rights. She asks the Taliban about women's rights. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid held a news conference to say that the insurgents would honour women's rights, within the highly restrictive sharia law. Taliban fighters shot and killed a woman for not wearing a burqa in Afghanistan, on the same day the group pledged to honour "women's rights". Photo / APElsewhere in Kabul, Taliban fighters were recorded shooting guns as they patrolled neighbourhoods home to activists and government workers, according to the report.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 18, 2021 20:03 UTC