Taliban announced Female workers to sit at home

 

Since Supporters of two rival factions reportedly brawled at the presidential palace in the capital Kabul.

The argument appeared to center on who did the most to secure victory over the US, and how power was divided up in the new cabinet.

The Taliban have officially denied the reports.

The group seized control of Afghanistan last month, and have since declared the country an "Islamic Emirate". Their new interim cabinet is entirely male and made up of senior Taliban figures, some of whom are notorious for attacks on US forces over the past two decades.

The dispute came to light after a Taliban co-founder, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, disappeared from view for several days.

One Taliban source told BBC Pashto that Mr Baradar and Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani - the minister for refugees and a prominent figure within the militant Haqqani network - had exchanged strong words, as their followers brawled with each other nearby.

A senior Taliban member based in Qatar and a person connected to those involved also confirmed that an argument had taken place late last week.

The sources said the argument had broken out because Mr Baradar, the new deputy prime minister, was unhappy about the structure of their interim government.

The row also reportedly stemmed from divisions over who in the Taliban should take credit for their victory in Afghanistan.

Mr Baradar reportedly believes that the emphasis should be placed on diplomacy carried out by people like him, while members of the Haqqani group - which is run by one of the most senior Taliban figures - and their backers say it was achieved through fighting.

Mr Baradar was the first Taliban leader to communicate directly with a US president, having a telephone conversation with Donald Trump in 2020. Before that, he signed the Doha agreement on the withdrawal of US troops on behalf of the Taliban.

The Taliban have maintained that there was no argument and that Mr Baradar is safe but have released conflicting statements on what he is currently doing. A spokesman said Mr Baradar had gone to Kandahar to meet the Taliban's supreme leader, but later told BBC Pashto that he was "tired and wanted some rest".

The Taliban's new mayor of Kabul [Hamudullah Nomani] told female Kabul municipal staff to 'sit at home'.

He was referring to the Taliban's decision to temporarily ban women from working. 

"You can only come to work if the vacancies are not filled by men, otherwise you can stay at home," he said.According to the new mayor of Kabul, one-third of the city's municipal employees are women. 

They were told to stay at home, about a thousand.

From the day the Taliban came to power, he ordered all working women to stay home until the country's security improved.

He also beat up women who protested against the law.

The Taliban overthrew the Minister of Women's Affairs and replaced it with a Ministry of Religious Affairs.

High schools are open this week, but only male students and male teachers have been told to attend.

Female students and teachers, however, were temporarily housed.The Taliban says it is setting up special schools for women.

The information came from the BBC.