Taliban bans the use of contraceptives, calling it a conspiracy by the west to control the Muslim population
Taliban has banned the use of contraceptive pills and related stuff in the two prominent cities of Afghanistan. They claimed the use of contraceptives is a western concept and called it a conspiracy by the west to control the Muslim population.
According to the news agency The Guardian reports, the Taliban are going door to door and assisting the citizens and medical pharmacies owner not to sell contraceptives.
“They came to my store twice with guns and threatened me not to keep contraceptive pills for sale. They are regularly checking every pharmacy in Kabul and we have stopped selling the products,” a store owner told The Guardian.
“Items such as birth control pills and Depo-Provera injections are no longer allowed to be kept in the pharmacy since the start of this month, and we are too afraid to sell the existing stock,” a shop owner in Kabul told the newspaper.
According to an Afghan-born social activist in the UK, Shabnam Nasimi, “The Taliban’s control over women’s human right to work and study and now over their bodies is outrageous.
“It is a fundamental human right to access family planning and contraception services free of coercion. Such autonomy and agency are essential components of women’s rights, such as the right to equality, non-discrimination, life, sexual health, reproductive health, and other basic human rights,” Nasimi said.
