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Islamic law – respect it!
Photo: Afghan burqa-clad women sit in front of a beauty salon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Jalalabad on December 13, 2021.
Taliban ban Afghan women from travelling more than 45 miles unless escorted by a male relative and forbids drivers playing music in their vehicles
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Women must be accompanied by a male relative if they want to go further
The directive also said transport should only be offered to Islamic hijab wearers
It comes after Afghanistan’s new authorities asked television channels to stop showing dramas and soap operas featuring female actors
By David Averre For Mailonline and Afp, 26 December 2021:
The Taliban have banned women from travelling distances longer than 45 miles unless accompanied by a male family member.
The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice today declared that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport if they are alone, and insisted transport be offered only to those wearing Islamic hijabs.
‘Women travelling for more than 45 miles (72 kilometres) should not be offered a ride if they are not accompanied by a close family member,’ ministry spokesman Sadeq Akif Muhajir said, specifying that it must be a close male relative.
The guidance, circulated on social media networks, comes weeks after the ministry asked Afghanistan’s television channels to stop showing dramas and soap operas featuring women actors.
The ministry had also called on women TV journalists to wear hijabs while presenting.
The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice today declared that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport if they are alone, and insisted transport be offered only to those wearing Islamic hijabs. (Pictured: Afghan women ride on a vehicle along a road in Mazar-i-Sharif on December 21, 2021)
Mawlavi Sheikh Mohammed (R), the Taliban’s Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, listens during a ceremony in which the former office of Ministry of Women Affairs was replaced with the ‘The Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 20 October 2021
This image shows a copy of the directive given by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of ViceThe ministry’s new directive preventing women from travelling alone over significant distances also said people should stop playing music in their vehicles.
The Taliban’s interpretation of the hijab – which can range from a hair covering to a face veil or full-body covering – is unclear, and the majority of Afghan women already wear headscarves.
Since taking power in August, the Taliban have imposed various restrictions on women and girls, despite pledging a softer rule compared with their first stint in power in the 1990s.
In several provinces, local Taliban authorities have been persuaded to reopen schools – but many girls still remain cut off from secondary education.
Early this month, the Islamist group issued a decree in the name of their supreme leader instructing the government to enforce women’s rights.
The decree did not mention girls’ access to education.
Afghan burqa-clad women sit in front of a beauty salon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Jalalabad on December 13, 2021.
Afghan women take part in a protest at Shahr-e Naw in Kabul on December 16, 2021, demanding the right to education, jobs and political representation from the Taliban government.
Some female news presenters have returned to work, but must wear hijabs according to the Taliban’s directive
Activists hope that the Taliban’s battle to gain international recognition and get aid flowing back into one of the poorest countries in the world will lead to them making concessions to women.
Respect for women’s rights has repeatedly been cited by key global donors as a condition for restoring aid.
Women’s rights were severely curtailed during the Taliban’s previous stint in power.
They were then forced to wear the all-covering burqa, only allowed to leave home with a male chaperone and banned from work and education.
The latest restrictions imposed by the Taliban come amid severe food shortages, with an ongoing drought and reduced aid packages causing a huge proportion of Afghanistan’s population to go without food.
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