We are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoWe are sorry, you need to be a subscriber to watch this videoThe Taliban promised yesterday that they would respect women’s rights, forgive those who had fought against them, foster a free press and restore peace as they began a media blitz to convince Afghanistan and the world that they had changed. Laying out the Taliban’s official policy agenda for the first time since seizing power, the group’s spokesman insisted that women would be allowed to work and study but, ominously, guaranteed their rights only “within the framework of sharia”. Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference in Kabul that women “can have activities in different areas and serve in education and health but of course within the frameworks we have”. When a woman from al-Jazeera asked whether the Taliban would lock women and girls in their houses…

Source: The Times August 17, 2021 17:48 UTC