Taliban's “Sad” Crime and Welfare Law

A top UN official warned Sunday that the Taliban's new vice and virtue laws, which include bans on women's voices and uncovered faces in public, provide a “distressing outlook” for Afghanistan's future. Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the UN mission in the country, said the law expanded “already intolerable restrictions” on the rights of women and girls, with “even a woman’s voice” outside the home apparently considered a moral offense. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Wednesday issued the country's first set of laws to prevent crime and promote virtue. The laws include a requirement for women to cover their faces, bodies and voices outside the home. The law empowers the Ministry of Vice and Virtue to be at the forefront of regulating personal behavior and handing out penalties such as warnings or arrest if its enforcers accuse Afghans of breaking the law. Taliban security personnel stand in front of the former US Embassy as they celebrate the third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in Kabul on August 14, 2024. (Photo: AFP) “After decades of war and amid a dire humanitarian crisis, the Afghan people deserve better than being threatened or imprisoned if they are late for prayers, look at someone …

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