A Taliban spokesperson in Afghanistan stated women should restrict themselves to giving birth, therefore ruling out any possibility of women being included in the government.

Taliban spokesperson Sayed Zekrullah Hashimi, in an interview with Tolo News, said, "A woman can't be a minister, it is like you put something on her neck that she can't carry".

He further said that it is not necessary for a woman to be in the cabinet, adding that women "should give birth".