Taliban Ban Women From Parks And Festivals In Afghanistan S Capital Afghanistan
The new rule, introduced this week, further cuts women out of an ever-shrinking public space. They are already banned from traveling without a male escort and are forced to wear a hijab or burqa whenever they leave the house. Secondary schools for girls have also been closed for more than a year across the country. “In the last 15 months, we have done everything we could to arrange and settle it – and even set the days,” said Mohammad Akif Sadeq Mohajir, a spokesman for the Ministry for the Prevention of Violence and the Promotion of Virtue....