Victims of female equality pause for a #MeToo, #NotMyTaliban group photo.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban is investigating allegations that women are being treated fairly within one of its Tax Collection units.
The Taliban announced the probe in a formal motion to the International Criminal Court to investigate "crimes against our humanity."
According to a report filed by the Department of Taliban Internal Affairs Investigation and Oversight Agency For Inequality of Equality, the investigation began after a data analyst within the Taliban Revenue Service filed an Inhuman Resources complaint alleging a woman asked him for the time. The report includes allegations of opinions, conversations, and friendships within the TRS.
“I was just standing there, contemplating how young is young enough to marry off a daughter, when she just started speaking to me,” said the complainant, who asked not to be identified for fear of being executed for talking to a woman. “Out of nowhere!”
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