New Delhi: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supremo Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday that while the Taliban are now a reality, they can “set an example to the world” if they follow real Sharia law.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said the Taliban had an “anti-human rights” image during their first rule in Afghanistan.
“The Taliban is emerging as a reality. He had an anti-human rights image during his first regime. They can set an example for the world if they follow the actual Sharia law, which includes women’s rights, and not their interpretation of Sharia,” she told the media in Kulgam, reported ANI.
Earlier in the day, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah told the media in Srinagar that he expected the Taliban to “provide good governance” according to “Islamic principles”.
“They should ensure the protection of the human rights of their citizens and give them a just and respectable government under Islamic rules,” Abdullah said.
Weeks after capturing Kabul, the Taliban on Tuesday announced an interim government in Afghanistan under the leadership of Mullah Hassan Akhund.
Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, who led negotiations with the United States and signed the agreement that led to the eventual withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, was one of Akhund’s two deputies in the new Taliban regime. there will be a.
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Mulla Abdus Salam will be another deputy of Akhund.
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