The Afghan Taliban’s supreme leader, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, has issued a proclamation, vowing to implement brutal punishments against women in public and reaffirming their opposition to Western democratic principles, according to a report by The Telegraph. In a chilling voice message broadcast on state television, Akhundzada directly addressed Western officials, dismissing concerns about violating women’s rights by stoning them to death. “You say it’s a violation of women’s rights when we stone them to death,” Akhundzada stated. “But we will soon implement the punishment for adultery. We will flog women in public. We will stone them to death in public,” he declared, marking his most severe rhetoric since the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021.—News Desk
