Video of statues being beheaded in Afghanistan goes viral
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is intensifying. There is a shortage of food and essential medicines for a large part of the country's population. Meanwhile, the beheading of statues has come to light in a province of Afghanistan.
This is the case of Herat province. The statues or puppets being targeted are used to display women's clothing in shops and malls.
Videos are going viral on social media in which shopkeepers are cutting off the necks of puppets.
Earlier, it was reported that the Taliban had asked vendors selling women's clothing in Herat to separate the necks of the puppets displayed for the exhibition. Some vendors had covered the heads of the statues with black cloth.
Recently, the Taliban administration declared the puppets used for displaying clothes to be 'illegal', 'idolatrous' and 'un-Islamic'.
Question on decision
The video about the incident was shared by Kabul-based social activist Humaira Qadri and journalist Zia Shehryar, after which it went viral on social media.
People are asking questions on social media regarding this order of the Taliban administration. He says that in most Islamic countries, puppets are kept as an exhibition of clothes and the people there do not have any problem because no one goes to the shop for worship.
Afghanistan's news network Tolo News recently reported that the Taliban had ordered the removal of "puppet heads" from shopping malls in Herat.
Following the ruling, some shopkeepers and property owners have condemned the decision.
Following the video, some users on social media are also questioning whether the Taliban's priority should be dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and reviving the economy.
New Taliban orders
Earlier, videos surfaced from Kabul in which the Taliban were imposing new restrictions on women, including listening to music and shaving their beards.
Last week, a Taliban ministry issued six new directives instructing taxi drivers that women must be accompanied by a male family member when traveling long distances.
Commenting on recent Taliban guidelines, Human Rights Watch said the Taliban's new rules amounted to imprisonment of women.
People on social media say that the Taliban administration is implementing the orders of the 90's which are not in line with today's situation.
A women's rights activist told that she had no male relatives in her family because her father had died and the Taliban's decision could make her life difficult.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other international organizations have called on the Taliban to refrain from cracking down on women in Afghanistan.
At the same time, the Taliban have said that the implementation of "Sharia law" is their principle, which they will not hesitate to implement in Afghan society under any pressure.
The Taliban have said that their new orders are only consultative and not binding and that "false propaganda" is being spread against them.
According to the report, the head of the Department of Virtues and Virtues of Herat said that these are the statues which are mentioned in the books and should not be in Islam. They were worshiped. Vendors have been warned that if they violate the order, strict action will be taken against them.