Women wearing hijab in Afghanistan to have access to education & work

Women wearing hijab in Afghanistan will have access to education and work, and the US shouldn’t try to change the culture of the country, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen told Fox News, Report informs.

“There will be no issue about the women’s rights. No problem about their education, their work,” he said. “But we should not be after changing each other’s culture as we are not intending to change your culture, you should not be changing our culture.”

But Suhail Shaheen also said he opposes Western views that “women should have an education without [a] hijab.”

“That is a change of culture,” he said. “Our culture... they can receive education with hijab. They can work with hijab.”

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