Taliban urges women to join its government

 Kabul: A Taliban official has announced a general 'amnesty' for all in Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, reports Associated Press. The report quotes Enamullah Samangani's  comment on Afghan state television which is now under its control. Samangani is the member of Islamic Emirate's cultural commissio.

The Islamic Emirate don't want women to be victims," he said, using the militants' term for Afghanistan.

The structure of government is not fully clear, but based on experience, there should be a fully Islamic leadership and all sides should join.

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Update: 2021-08-17 07:07 GMT

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