KABUL: There are currently around 2,000 female security personnel working in Afghanistan’s interior ministry, according to local media.
Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaani said: “No employee or member of the Ministry of Interior, particularly female police officers, will be exposed to any personal or public threats because of their work in the previous government.” .
Most of the female employees work in the ministry’s service and inspection departments, Qaani said, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing TOLO news agency.
Several months ago, the Taliban-led Afghan government approved the ratification of the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which contains 35 articles detailing serious restrictions on the Afghan population through arbitrary and potentially harsh enforcement mechanisms. Announced.
The so-called law imposes a dress code, particularly ordering women to cover their bodies and faces in public places. The decree also mandates that women’s voices cannot be heard in public, effectively stripping Afghan women of their fundamental right to freedom of expression.
