Using the word party or group is a crime in Afghanistan: Taliban

Afghanistan’s Acting Ministry of Justice has announced that using the word ‘party or group’ is a ‘crime’ in the country.

The Afghan Minister of Justice had earlier said that there is no basis for the existence of political parties in Sharia law and their activities are not in the interest of the people.

Afghanistan’s Acting Minister of Justice, Abdul Hakim Sharai, in a press conference in Kabul, while explaining about the residence of Islamic Party leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, emphasized that political parties are banned in Afghanistan and the use of the word “party” is also Taliban. is an offense under the law.

of this address video It was also released on the social media platform X in which he said that this word (Jamaat) was declared illegal by the system of the Ministry of Justice last year. Parties have no place in this system.

Legally speaking the name of a political party or Hizb is a crime. When victory came, those who liked the system stopped, those who did not like it left by different paths. If you didn’t like it, would you leave? After accepting this system, now its rules and laws will also be accepted. Now we will not talk that our status is like this. The status has expired.’

He had announced a ban on the activities of political parties in the country in August last year. He further said that these parties have no legitimate basis. “Experience has proven that the current misfortune of Afghanistan is due to the activities of these political parties.”

According to American Radio Independence, there has also been a reaction to the efforts of the Taliban to suppress and destroy the parties. For example, Shah Mehmood Miakhil, deputy assistant to the chairman of the National Movement for Peace and Democracy in Afghanistan, said in his response that the new statements of the Afghan Ministry of Justice are hindering party activities in Afghanistan in order to maintain the rulers in power. .

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, with the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan. Initially, the Taliban promised to change their approach and show tolerance, but soon they began to narrow the scope of personal and political freedoms.

After that, the Afghan Taliban banned the political parties of Afghanistan in August last year. Caretaker Justice Minister Sheikh Maulvi Abdul Hakeem Sharai said that there is a complete ban on the activities of political parties in Afghanistan.

This statement shows that the Afghan Taliban as a movement wants to retain control of power and has no intention of allowing political pluralism in the country.

The Afghan Taliban have resisted international pressure to form a more inclusive government and say their ‘interim government’ includes representatives of all races and tribes and is broad-based.

The Afghan Taliban opposed the former government’s induction into power of what it described as ‘disreputable and puppet politicians’, saying their participation was part of their long struggle against foreign occupation forces and their ‘puppets’. There will be betrayal.

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