Ten days after the release of a video showing the sexual scandal of Mawlawi Ziaulhaq Zia Karimi, the former Taliban president of Balkh University, the group’s officials still remain silent.
The release of this video has provoked reactions from many social media users, but Taliban officials have maintained silence and shown no reaction regarding their member’s extramarital sexual relationship.
This comes while the Taliban group almost weekly flogs Afghan citizens in public under the pretext of “adultery and sodomy.
” This contradiction in the Taliban’s behavior toward sexual violations of their own members compared to ordinary people has sparked widespread criticism.
The issue of sexual scandal among Taliban officials arises while the group constantly emphasizes strict enforcement of Sharia laws.
However, the lack of response to this scandal has revealed the Taliban’s double standards in dealing with moral issues.
