Issued on: 26/12/2021 – 12:44 Taliban bans women from travelling longer distances unless with male relative. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance, issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of…
ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban issued on Sunday new travel restrictions for the country’s women, an action criticized by the U.S. as further mistreatment of Afghan women by the terror group. The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice directive limits a woman’s ability to travel farther than 72 kilometers unless accompanied…
Afghanistan authorities say women must be accompanied by close male relative if travelling for more than 72km, drawing condemnation. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have said women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance issued on Sunday by the Ministry for the…
