No discrimination to women - Taliban

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (KUNA) -- A Taliban spokesperson for Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid in his first press conference after taking over Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Tuesday announced that there will be no discrimination with the women in Taliban rule.
In his first press conference televised live in Kabul, Mujahid said that women will be allowed to work in many sectors including Health and education sectors.
He assured the international community that there concerns about the women rights will be dealt and there will be no discrimination with the women. However, he mentioned that our women are Muslims and they are happy to live under the framework of Islam.
He expressed hope that as soon as the Afghan conflict is resolved we will build the infrastructure and work on the economy, work with the international community on the economic and natural resources.
He said we request the international community to cooperate economically and we can change the economic status of the country.
He stressed that the media should work on the unity of the nation and not focus on the differences among the nation. He thanked all the media for participating in the conference and giving coverage and announced that they will hold more press conferences in the future.
The insurgents sought no revenge and that "everyone is forgiven", said Mujahid. The statement came at a time when many Afghans were fearing that the Taliban could take revenge.
The spokesperson clearly announced that everyone is forgiven even if they worked with the former government or with foreign governments or forces. "We assure you that nobody will go to their doors to ask why they helped," he said. He also pledged on behalf of the Taliban to honor women's rights, but within the norms of Islamic law. Mujahid also pledged on behalf of the Taliban to honor women's rights, but within the norms of Islamic law.
The spokesman also said the Taliban wanted private media to remain independent, but stressed journalists should not work against national values. He ensured security to the properties and Afghan and foreign nationals by Taliban.
He mentioned that we didn't want to enter Kabul at first but we had to enter to ensure security of the Afghans as security forces left their posts. He said we would like to ensure international countries including the United States that nobody would be harmed in our rule.
He said that we would not allow our soil to be used against any country in the world.
He said that we have sacrificed a lot in the last 20 years and we have every right to act according to our religion.
He said that we don't want any internal or external enemies.
Answering a question by the media, the spokesperson said the families who are waiting at the airport can come back home and we assure you that no harm will be done to them and nobody will chase them.
To another question about disarming the Afghans, he said that when the political situation changed in the city there could be robberies so we have to stop them.
To stop them we have to come up with an action and we have to disarm some people to avoid hazards. (Pickup previous)
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