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Taliban will allow Afghan women to travel long distances only in the company of a male relative
The Afghan regime strengthens measures against women, despite promises to avoid these measures when it comes to power.
Afghan ladies will not be allowed to travel more than 70 kilometers without the presence of a male relative.
From the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, ensures that in addition to the prohibition of women traveling alone, drivers are required to ensure that the ladies wear the Islamic veil, otherwise, they will not be able to perform trip.
The representative of the Sadeq Akif Muhajir agency told Agence France Presse that women who travel more than 45 miles (72 kilometers) cannot make this trip if they are not in the company of a close relative, as indicated by the new law.
This mandate comes half a month after the ministry asked the Afghan television networks that did not broadcast dramas or sensationalist series in which women act and journalists are also required to wear the Islamic veil, every time they go to make a transmission.
The Taliban did not determine what they mean by "Islamic veil" : regardless of whether it is the simple headscarf, which most Afghan women now wear — since their reappearance in power, not a single one TV moderator has shown her hair- or a cloak that covers them more.
New constraints for Afghan women
Among the new limitations, the Taliban have also banned music, which, albeit more carefully, has continued to play on radio and television channels, and games.
They have also trained local authorities to expect men to keep their beards.
Long before this new demand, many gentlemen had avoided removing their beards, in the same way that they substituted Western clothing for the tunic and loose pants typical of this region, trying to go unnoticed.
The basic freedoms association Human Rights Watch (HRW) has claimed that these new limitations are a further step towards the segregation of Afghan women.
HRW Associate Director for Women's Rights Heather Barr told France Presse that this new order takes away the freedoms for ladies to move and express themselves freely, or to escape in case they experience an aggressive attack at home.
The feelings of women
Women in Afghanistan say they feel imprisoned, without independence or happiness. The concern of mothers is the fact that their little ones get sick, and their husband is not available at the time of going to the doctor.
Since taking control in August, following a significant and significant withdrawal of US troops, the Taliban have imposed different limitations on ladies and girls, despite initial assurances that their system would be less severe than during its first cycle in power (1996-2001).
While in certain areas the authorities have allowed girls 'schools to resume, while in others they have relied on school holidays (which in Afghanistan are in winter), to keep girls' return to school a secret girl over 12 years old.
Without officially preventing it, they have banned state workers from returning to their occupations, which implies that many families have been left without their main type of income.
Despite the fact that there is a group of women working in the private sphere, the majority of Afghan women employed were in the public sphere, where they accounted for 30% of its workforce.
A decree in the name of the supreme leader of the government, in early December, addressed the Kabul government to defend women's freedoms.
However, this mandate did not refer to rights or education, much less the option to work; he was simply talking about the conditions for his recognition of the marriage.
The Taliban during their previous rule, made sure to go to the extreme of banning television and movies. Transforming as a crime, the simple fact of having a video player.
They also prohibited women from going out into the city without wearing a burqa and without a male companion, as well as going to work or school.
