Afghan President Hamid Karzai's chief religious advisor will not be overturned in the north of the clergy for women to re-implement Taliban-like decrees issued by the roadside, NATO forces returned conservatism in another sign of leaving the country.
Just a few days later, the United States launched a $ 2 million program to improve the role of women in Afghanistan, the country's top religious leaders of a senior member of the panel, said he would not interfere too clergy Deh Sarah He issued a stern region edict Baghlan province.
DEH Salah, near Panshir, supported by the United States in 2001, the Northern Alliance severe Islamic government ousted former bastion of anti-Taliban sentiment.
But eight decree issued in late June, bars runaway women without male relatives, cosmetic stores, while closing the excuse being used for prostitution - allegations residents and the police refused.
"There is no way to live these shops open shop business, not adultery, the" Enayatullah Baligh, top religious panel, Ulema Council, and a member of the presidential adviser, told Reuters late on Friday.
DEH Salah residents sequence described as "fatwa", or religious edict, though only senior clerics in Kabul should issue such a binding religious order.
But stressed that the opposition to the decree, the mayor was shot dead while trying to execute the order, which also prohibits women without a male escort clinic unknown threat "punishment" if they violate a teenage owner.
Afghanistan has one of the world's highest infant mortality rate more than 10 years after the US-backed overthrow of the Taliban, but it is still ranked as a girl born in one of the poorest.
From 1996 to 2001 under the Taliban, women are forced to wear head-to-toe covering burqa, wearing nail polish sometimes had fingers cut off.
In the region called Zmarai a conservative clergy, signed the decree, including a warning that if the authorities tried to stop it: "If officials responded to our request, we will start a jihad jihad."
There are more and more fear among many people in the withdrawal of NATO-led troops in Afghanistan and efforts to reach a political agreement with the Taliban to end the 12-year-old war could undermine hard-won freedom of women.
"Like the Taliban so AGAIN"
In the deeply conservative, male-dominated country, religion tend to have more control than legal authority, religious leaders are often women obtain their rights granted under the Constitution, a major obstacle.
DEH Salah, about 80,000 people, most of Tajik and Pashtun majority, mainly social support Taliban draw, cosmetics shop owner named Abdullah stood in his business - hidden behind plywood sheets - said increasingly The more the clergy to show their muscles.
"They want to bring back the Taliban days, Abdullah said:" If they had their way, they will be in control of this area, to make life impossible.
, "He said:" We are poor, they have closed me down, I hope the Government will take action, we will have to re-run the place like the Taliban mullahs.
Aga Andarabi, Shah said Dr. Salah DEH prostitution and adultery rumors are without foundation and are used as an excuse for violence against women in the conservative clergy.
"Nothing in these stores, I guarantee, there is no sufficient evidence, they just want to close these shops are women," he said.
DEH Salah police commander Colonel Abdul Ahad Nabizada also rejected the claim on the basis of decrees, but said the mayor was shot dead, while the closed shop has been frightened, if he is taken to prevent edict crusade against his threats into action.
"Everyone here is Muslim, we have not seen any such behavior, they claim that there are women in this small city to get their needs in the market, a conservative who opposed, saying:" Nabizada.
U.S. aid officials this week announced a $ 200 million package of aid to Afghan women league match other international donors in the country with the NATO-led coalition, since the end of combat operations before the end of next year.
Human rights and women's groups have accused Karzai government's commitment to protect the freedom of women, emphasizing the parliamentary opposition presidential decree prohibiting violence against women backtracking.
In addition, the government also appointed a former Taliban officials to the country's new human rights body, the Parliament is considering criminal law will prevent an alleged abuse of their family members to testify women and girls.
 



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