Taliban divided over ‘isolated’ leader’s oppression of women

Taliban religious leader Mullah Haybatullah Akhundzade He vowed to publicly stone women to death for adultery.

According to information obtained by The Telegraph, some women who have to go out of their provinces but do not have a male guardian to accompany them disguise themselves as men to bypass Taliban checkpoints.

Taliban officers violently arrested a woman last week after learning she was traveling by bus from Badghis to Herat province, according to a bus driver. wearing men’s clothes.

“It’s hard to explain what these days are like,” a university graduate told The Telegraph from Kabul. “It’s as if life left us in the middle of a vast desert.”

“We need to get out of this monotony, but what do I find when I look for entertainment? Nothing,” he explains.

During its 20-year insurgency, the Taliban has mostly held together despite leadership crises, rivalry from the Islamic State and a deadly war against U.S., Afghan and other forces.