We will honour women's rights (within Islamic law)': Taliban spokesman holds first news conference in Kabul and promises They won't persecute women or take revenge against anyone - as deputy leader returns after 20 years in exileThe Taliban claimed that Afghan women will not be persecuted under their Islamic rule during their first press conference since their sweeping conquest of Kabul on Sunday, as the man tipped to be Afghanistan's next leader arrived in the country after a 20-year exile.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman, claimed 'there is a huge difference between us and the Taliban of 20 years ago', when female Afghans were beaten in the streets or publicly executed, denied work, healthcare and an education, and barred from leaving home without a male chaperone.
