Kabul, Sep 2 (EFE).– The Taliban government has vowed that it will no longer cooperate with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), accusing the UN body of spreading propaganda against the implementation of Sharia law.
The ministry of morality has declared the UN mission an adversary, accusing it of disseminating lies against teh Islamist government in the war-torn country.
The de facto government’s ministry of morality has said that it considers the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) as an opposing entity and will no longer cooperate or provide support to them.
«The decision to cease cooperation with UNAMA follows their repeated propaganda against the implementation of Sharia law,» Mawlawi Sabawoon, spokesperson for the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV), told EFE.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Morality reiterated that Afghanistan is an Islamic country and, «for the implementation of Islamic orders, we fought and sacrificed for 20 years.»
«Due to its continued propaganda, the Ministry of PVPV will not provide any support or cooperation with UNAMA, which will be considered as an opposing side in the future,” the ministry said.
The ministry also called on the international community to respect religious values. «We urge international organizations, countries, and individuals who criticize our laws to respect the religious values of Muslims and refrain from making statements that insult Islamic values and sanctities.»
This declaration comes after UNAMA, in a recent statement, warned that the Taliban’s newly enacted morality law of imposing more restrictions on women, including requiring them to cover themselves completely and not raise their voices in public would harm prospects for engagement with the international community.
The new law, comprising four chapters and 35 articles, mandates that a woman’s voice is part of her private life, and covering the entire body, including the face, is obligatory in public to avoid any «temptation.» It also grants morality police broad enforcement powers.
The law further restricts women from appearing in public without a male guardian, prohibits them from using taxis without a male guardian, and stipulates legal consequences for those who violate these rules.
Last week, the Taliban government banned the United Nations Special Rapporteur from entering Afghanistan. Taliban deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat told EFE that the ban was due to the belief that Bennett «was appointed to Afghanistan to spread propaganda, and he is not someone whose words we can trust.” EFE lk-s
The de facto Taliban government has not yet been officially recognized by any other country, although some countries such as China and the United Arab Emirates have recently recognized fundamentalist ambassadors.EFE
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