Afghan Crisis: Taliban Announces ‘Amnesty’ After Seizing Kabul, Urges Women To Join Govt

<p><strong>New Delhi: </strong>The Taliban, which has seized control of Afghan capital Kabul, on Tuesday declared an &ldquo;amnesty&rdquo; across the country and urged the women to join its government.</p> <p>Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban&rsquo;s cultural commission, said the &ldquo;Islamic Emirate doesn&rsquo;t want women to be victims&rdquo;, adding &ldquo;they should be in government structure according to Shariah law&rdquo;, The Associated Press reported.</p> <p>&ldquo;The structure of government is not fully clear, but based on experience, there should be a fully Islamic leadership and all sides should join,&rdquo; Samangani said.</p> <p>This comes as tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan to escape the hardline Islamist rule expected under the Taliban.</p> <p>The women were earlier, during the Taliban rule from 1996-2001, barred from attending school or working outside the home. Besides, they had to wear the all-encompassing burqa and be accompanied by a male relative whenever they went outside.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Stefano Pontecorvo, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation&rsquo;s senior civilian representative to Afghanistan, on Tuesday posted a video online, showing the runway empty with American troops on the tarmac at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.</p> <p><strong>READ:</strong> <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/3soNfBM Alleges India Did Not Allow Pakistan To Speak On Afghanistan Crisis</a></strong></p> <p>&ldquo;Another day in #Kabul HKIA airport. Situation under control #Afghanistan,&rdquo; he tweeted sharing the video.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/pontecorvoste/status/1427485257884786690[/tw]</p> <p>United Nations Secretary-General Ant&oacute;nio Guterres has expressed deep concern by accounts of human rights violations against the women and girls of Afghanistan.</p> <p>&ldquo;I am deeply concerned by accounts of human rights violations against the women and girls of Afghanistan who fear a return to the darkest days. They are looking to the international community for support. We must not let them down,&rdquo; he tweeted.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/antonioguterres/status/1427529125074333705[/tw]</p>