Afghanistan’s new rulers are replacing civil rights with ‘God’s law,’ by gutting the justice system and packing the jails.
They’re gutting the justice system and packing the prisons.KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the group quickly launched what officials called a “purification” campaign aimed at stripping the country of civil laws and institutions to build an entirely Islamic society.
Taliban judges say they either burned the books containing laws from the previous government when they moved into abandoned courthouses after the 2021 takeover or left the legal volumes untouched on the shelves. A Taliban militant unlocks a prisoner's handcuffs to release him after the discussion of a criminal case in the central court in Kandahar.“Courts are the main source of purification for an Islamic government,” said Mufti Fazlullah Asim, a 35-year-old judge in the criminal wing of the Kandahar court.
With each decision, Asim said he believes he is bringing the country one step closer to eliminating the outside influences introduced by U.S. and NATO forces after they invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and ended the Taliban’s previous time in power. Most of those locked up under Taliban rule are accused of what Siraj called “moral crimes” such as drug abuse and theft. Many were arrested in large sweeps of urban areas conducted by Taliban forces. The Interior Ministry said some 10,000 drug addicts had been “collected” from across the country in the past year. In contrast, under the previous government, apprehended drug users were mostly sent to rehabilitation centers.
One 21-year-old woman recounted how, before the Taliban took power, she had left a physically abusive marriage and took refuge at a women’s shelter. Later, she started working there herself. The job allowed her to provide for her young daughter and mother. But when Taliban fighters took control of her city and closed the shelter, dozens of women were forced out onto the streets, according to the woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of Taliban reprisals.
“No women have been imprisoned without committing a crime” under the Taliban, Ahmadi said. “No injustices have been done to women here.”A group of students attend class at an all-female madrassa in Kabul. Raised as a conservative Muslim, she said she was always interested in learning more about Islam, but her dream is to return to high school and one day become a lawyer. “I want to make sure people have their rights respected and protected,” she said. “I care about what is right and what is wrong.”While she hopes girls will be allowed to resume secondary education so she can study law, Sapi acknowledges that she’s not the same person she was before she began memorizing the Quran.
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