Tough fight: Taliban haven't conquered all of Afghanistan, one province still resists
The Taliban have announced that they will call that newly established system the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, where it will be very strictly viewed from the position of the concept of human rights as we know it in the West, "Jutarnji list" reports.
Such a system will prohibit all possible types of entertainment, listening to music and the like. But, that is nothing compared to serious violations of human rights and the way of punishing dissidents, which is quite severe - they cut off hands and feet for theft, whip adulterers for infidelity, stone them and the like.
It is true that the Taliban has changed since 1996, but was it just to adapt to the moment? In government areas, girls were allowed to attend school. But only on the basis of the Taliban program. That is why even now we can expect that their way of governing will be sharp and contrary to the liberal democracy that is desired and lived in the West. We will soon find out where their threshold of intolerance will be.
Everything will be regulated by Sharia law and their understanding of that law in which women have much less rights than anywhere else in the world. Although they now promise greater women's rights, they will still be extremely bad and low. What will surely be different this time are order and organization.
"Have the Taliban changed? No."
Earlier, the Taliban did not care about statehood and institutions. After they conquered the country by raid, it was much harder to manage it. According to their statements, it is expected that this time they will be better organized and will manage better than they did during the first rule.
They are not currently offering a transitional government as it would be a step backwards, but they may be pragmatic to leave...
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