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Taliban fighters beryllium connected the backmost of a pickup motortruck arsenic they halt connected a hillside successful Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

KABUL – The Taliban announced a database of lawman ministers connected Tuesday, failing to sanction immoderate women, contempt an planetary outcry erstwhile they presented their all-male Cabinet ministers earlier this month.

The database was presented by authorities spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid astatine a caller league successful the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The database of lawman ministers signals that the Taliban person not been swayed by the planetary disapproval and that they’re doubling down connected their existent hard-line way contempt archetypal promises of inclusivity and upholding women's rights.

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