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Afghan women demand inclusion in new Taliban government

Afghan women demand inclusion in new Taliban government

Kabul, Dec 6 (UNI) Women activists in the Afghanistan capital here held demonstration demanding their inclusion by the Taliban in the government formation.
While expressing their dissatisfaction with the decree issued on December 3 by Taliban for Afghan women, the women said their rights could not be determined in the manner Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada presented.
Women activists called on the international community to press the Islamic Emirate to uphold the rights of women, TOLOnews reported.
"Many women are the breadwinners of their family. The government lacks a programme for them. The destiny of the girl students remains ambiguous," said Sabira Akbari, a women rights activist, on Sunday.
Farida, a civil rights activist said, "Women’s inclusion in political, social and economic affairs is their right and it should be given to them because if this right is taken from the women, the government is broken."
The activists said the Taliban should have women's inclusion in government’s formation.
"The denial of the Taliban’s offer to the UN to secure the seat caused (the Taliban) to throw dust on the eyes of the people, because we have not had any reaction from the Taliban during the past four months that we have pleaded, but now they issued this decree," said Madina, a civil rights defender.
Meanwhile, Huda Khamosh, a poet said, the latest decree of the Taliban has revealed that "they didn’t consider the main rights of the women."
Earlier, Akhundzada has said in a statement, "Woman is not a property, but a noble and free human being; no one can give her to anyone in exchange for peace deal and or to end animosity."
The Taliban had released a decree on December 3 calling for the enforcement of women’s rights in Afghanistan.
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