INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The West should change the way it looks at Afghanistan, acting defense minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Mohammad Yaqub
Mujahid, said on Sunday.Whether it is US or Europe or other countries, they should change the mindset they had for 20 years about
They should look at Afghanistan differently,& Mujahid said at a ceremony to mark the sixth death anniversary of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, the
late leader of the IEA.Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister, said at the same event that they would face the same fate as former
president Ashraf Ghani if they fulfill foreigners& demands.Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi meanwhile assured the people that the
IEA will prevent injustice in Afghanistan.We consider it our Islamic obligation
We will stop anyone who oppresses people anywhere in Afghanistan,& Hanafi said.Mullah Akhtar Mansoor headed the IEA for almost a year before
he was killed in a US drone strike in Baluchistan, Pakistan on 21 May 2016.Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul
Ghani Baradar said that the IEA had advanced significantly in its armed struggle under the leadership of Mansoor.Deputy Foreign Minister
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, however, warned that governments opposed by the public will not last long.Women have not been granted their
A widow still cannot choose her husband
A girl cannot choose her husband
Everyone will laugh if a woman demands her inheritance rights,& Stanikzai said.He said that girls have not been granted their right to
education.Education exists in Afghanistan, but not how it should be
Where can women learn Islam and Sharia
They learn in Madrasas and schools,& Stanikzai said.The post West should change it&s view of Afghanistan: IEA defense chief first appeared
