The Talibans Supreme Leader has vowed to start stoning women to death in public as he declared the fight against Western democracy will continue. You say its a violation of womens rights when we stone them to death, said Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada in a voice message, aired on state television over the weekend, addressing Western officials. But we will soon implement the punishment for adultery. We will flog women in public. We will stone them to death in public, he declared in his harshest comments since taking over Kabul in August 2021. These are all against your democracy but we will continue doing it. We both say we defend human rights we do it as Gods representative and you as the devils. Afghanistans state TV, now under Taliban control, broadcasts voice messages purporting to be from Akhundzada, who has never been seen in public aside from a few old portraits. He is believed to be based in southern Kandahar, the stronghold of the Taliban. Despite promising a more moderate government, the Taliban quickly returned to harsh public punishments like public executions and floggings, similar to those from their previous rule in the late 1990s. The United Nations has strongly criticised the Taliban and has called on the countrys rulers to halt such practices. In his voice message, Akhundzada said that the womens rights that the international community had been advocating for were against the Talibans harsh interpretation of Islamic Sharia. Do women want the rights that Westerners are talking about? They are against Sharia and clerics opinions, the clerics who toppled Western democracy, he said. I told the Mujahedin that we tell the Westerners that we fought against you for 20 years and we will fight 20 and even more years against you, he said, emphasising the need for resilience in opposing womens rights among Taliban foot soldiers. It did not finish [when you left]. It does not mean we would now just sit and drink tea. We will bring Sharia to this land, he added. It did finish after we took over Kabul. No, we will now bring Sharia into action. Women living in prison His remarks have incited outrage among Afghans, with some calling on the international community to increase pressure on the Taliban. The money that they receive from the international community as humanitarian aid is just feeding them against women, Tala, a former civil servant, told The Telegraph from the capital Kabul. As a woman, I dont feel safe and secure in Afghanistan. Each morning starts with a barrage of notices and orders imposing restrictions and stringent rules on women, stripping away even the smallest joys and extinguishing hope for a brighter future, she added. We, the women, are living in prison, Tala said, And the Taliban are making it smaller for us every passing day.
The worst part about their 'victory' is that they view it as making them morally superior or justified in their actions.
The child burned down the house enough times that the parents skipped town and now the child is the problem of everyone who lives near them.