‘Taliban Continue To Break Their Promises’: Malala Yousafzai Reacts To Burqa Diktat In Afghanistan

Malala Yousafzai reacted to Taliban's ruling that mandates Afghan women to wear burqas in public places which if violated, will result in three-day imprisonment of a male member of the family.

24 year-old Malala Yousafzai took to Twitter and lashed out at the Taliban for its ruling

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New Delhi: Nobel laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai reacted to the burqa imposition on women and girls in Afghanistan saying that “Taliban continue to break their promises.” 

The 24 year-old activist took to Twitter and lashed out at the Taliban for its ruling that mandates Afghan women to wear all-covering burqas in public places which if violated, will result in three-day imprisonment of a male member of the family. 

Hitting out at the Taliban, Mala wrote, “The Taliban want to erase girls and women from all public life in Afghanistan  — to keep girls out of school and women out of work, to deny them the ability to travel without a male family member, and to force them to cover their faces and body completely.” 

 

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— Malala (@Malala) May 9, 2022

She further appealed for solidarity with the Afghan women and wrote, “We must not lose our sense of alarm for Afghan women as the Taliban continue to break their promises. Even now, women are taking to the streets to fight for their human rights and dignity — all of us, and especially those from Muslim countries, must stand with them.” 

The Nobel peace laureate who herself had been a victim of the Taliban attack in 2012, asked the world leaders to take action against the Taliban. “I am asking leaders around the world to take collective action to hold the Taliban accountable for violating the human rights of millions of women and girls,” she appealed in her Twitter post. 

The Taliban in its recent order has stated that if a woman is seen without a hijab, a male member of her family will be warned first. If the woman is found guilty again then the male member will be summoned and in the third time, the male member of the woman’s family will be imprisoned for three days.