The Taliban, in a statement, on Friday urged employees of the country’s Public Health Department to attend their duties amid allegations of women working after the country’s rapid takeover by the insurgent group.
Known for being horrific in the treatment of women, the Taliban have recently tried to project a more moderate image after their explosion in the war-ravaged nation, saying women would share limited rights under the nation’s new government. . However, field reports cross out this statement and the group’s latest statement has more to do with the humanitarian and health crisis being considered, rather than women’s freedom.
Many Afghans fear a repeat of the Taliban’s brutal interpretation of Islamic law, as well as violent retribution for working with foreign military, Western missions or the previous US-backed government.
There are particular concerns for women, who were largely barred from education and employment and could only leave home with a male companion during the 1996-2001 group rule.
“All women employees of the Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate are informed that they regularly attend their duties in the capital and the provinces. There are no problems or obstacles to their arrival by the Islamic Emirate, ”tweeted Dr. M Naeem, who claims to be the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s political office.
Notice from the Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: All women employees of the Ministry of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate are notified to regularly attend their duties in the capital and provinces. There is no problem. M Dr. .M.Naeem (eIeaOffice) August 27, 2021
Sanitary facilities that run out of supplies, staff
Health facilities across the country devastated by the violence are rapidly running out of supplies and could also soon face a shortage of medical staff, the World Health Organization warned on Friday.
Thursday suicide bombings swept crowds outside Kabul airport on Thursday and killed dozens of Afghans and 13 U.S. soldiers and added logistical difficulties the WHO faced in delivering medical equipment and medicines.
“We only have a few days of supplies left and we are exploring all options to bring more medicines to the country,” said Rick Brennan, WHO director of emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean region. there were “multiple security and logistics restrictions,” adding that the incorporation of supplies at Kabul airport was no longer an option after the blasts.
A WHO partner, the Italian NGO Emergency, operates a hospital in Kabul and is “overwhelmed” after the blasts, Brennan said, adding that “they have a lot of pressure on their supplies.” Brennan stressed the urgent needs in Afghanistan even before Thursday’s massacre and said the WHO had planned three supply air bridges in the country that had been canceled after the Taliban’s capture on 15 ‘August.
The UN, he said, was now studying other options, including air transport supplies through Mazar-i-Sharif airport, in hopes that the first flights would be in the next few days. On a more positive note, Brennan said almost all of the 2,200 health centers WHO was monitoring in the war-ravaged country remained open and operational.
But he said there were also growing concerns about the shortage of medical staff, many of whom are among those fleeing the country. “We are hearing that health workers are leaving, health authorities are leaving,” he said, adding that “the huge brain drain … is a big problem for all of us in all sectors.”
Also, several health care women were kept off work, perhaps out of fear, Brennan said.
Taliban promises about women “false”
Despite Taliban guarantees that they would respect the rights of Afghan women and allow them to work and be educated in accordance with Islam, a former Afghan judge had previously said that the Taliban are tortured and killed by Afghan women after their taking possession. According to Sky News, Najla Ayoubi, who has been talking to Afghan women, received horrific examples of what is happening.
According to Ayoubi, a woman was “burned because she was accused of cooking poorly for Taliban fighters” in northern Afghanistan. “They are forcing people to feed and cook them. In addition, there are so many young women in recent weeks he was sent to coffins in neighboring countries to use them as sex slaves,” Ayoubi said.
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