The Taliban have announced a ‘caretaker’ government that will be led by Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, said that Sharia law would be in force in the war-ravaged nation. While quoting a statement from the Taliban chief, Sputnik reported that Akhundzada has said that all issues of governance and life in Afghan will be governed by the laws of “holy Sharia”. He added that the authorities will take “serious steps” to protect human and minority rights “within the framework of Islam”.
The Taliban have also issued a policy statement to assure the Afghans that “no one should be worried about the future. Our first attempt and priority is to solve all the problems through legitimate and reasonable means”. Recalling the previous Taliban regime that has brought back fears among the Afghans, the new government has said, “Our previous twenty years of struggle had two major goals. Firstly to end foreign occupation and aggression and to liberate the country, and secondly to establish a complete, independent stable and central Islamic system in the country.” “Based on this principle, in the future, all matters of governance and life in Afghanistan will be regulated by laws of the Holy Sharia,” said the policy statement attributed to Taliban Supreme Leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada. The key roles in the caretaker government are being given to designated global terrorists, including the dreaded Haqqani Network. When Taliban had taken control of Afghanistan in 1996- 2001, the group had enforced harsh conditions and rules. Under their rule, women had to cover themselves and only leave the house in the company of a male relative. The Taliban also banned girls from attending school, and women from working outside the home. They were also banned from voting.
