The UN report published this week on the situation of women in Afghanistan is false and based on “propaganda.” This was stated by a representative of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (the name that the Taliban give to the country).*) Zabihullah Mujahid.
“This survey is inaccurate. Unfortunately, like related statements, it is not always based on information from Afghanistan, but on propaganda,” Mujahid said. “We have many women in Afghanistan who are engaged in business and work and have made progress in their lives. “We still have several areas where women are actively involved within the government.”
According to a UN report, the implementation of a series of decrees, directives and practices by Taliban leaders in the Islamic Emirate* Over the past three years it has “aimed at systematically excluding women from Afghan public life and leadership positions, in almost all sectors.”
“This series of decrees also included a ban on girls and young women receiving secondary and higher education in Afghanistan,” – says the report.
The UN also said the near “total exclusion of women and girls from mainstream society, coupled with overlapping economic and humanitarian crises” has led to a marked deterioration in living conditions for the vast majority of Afghans. This “is causing changes in gender norms and a mental health crisis in families across Afghanistan.”
*Terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.
