Taliban supreme leader claims to have freed women from “oppressions” in Eid message

The Taliban supreme leader, in his Eid ul-Adha message, has praised the group for freeing women from “many traditional oppressions”.

In the message, released on Twitter, by the group’s longtime spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, Mullah Hibattulah Akhundzada says “necessary steps have been taken for the betterment of women as half of the society in order to provide them with a comfortable and prosperous life according to the Islamic Sharia.”