Taliban’s Justice Minister, Abdul Hakim Sharie, confirmed on Wednesday the prohibition of political events in Afghanistan.

This announcement formalizes the de facto stance the group held since seizing energy on August 15, 2021.

Sharie acknowledged throughout a press convention in Kabul, “Political celebration actions at the moment are banned within the nation as they don’t align with Islamic legislation, convey no profit, and aren’t desired by the nation.”

Following their takeover of Kabul two years in the past, with pledges of a distinct strategy than their preliminary reign from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban introduced the creation of an “interim” authorities.

Critics identified its exclusion of ladies, political events, and numerous ethnic teams.

Ansarullah Ibrahimkhil, Public Relations Director on the Justice Ministry, clarified that the Taliban had dissolved Afghanistan’s political events “at the start of the Islamic Emirate authorities (because the Taliban-led authorities phrases itself).”

That is probably the most express the group has been on the matter.

Earlier than the Taliban’s return, Afghanistan acknowledged 73 political events via its Justice Ministry.

Nevertheless, most have been inactive over the previous two years, with lots of their leaders pressured into exile.

Alongside the curtailment of political rights, there’s been an growing array of limitations imposed on Afghans, significantly girls.

From barring secondary and better training for females to hindering girls’s employment alternatives and mandating male escorts for lengthy journeys, the Taliban have imposed quite a few restrictions.