KABUL: The Authority of the Afghan Taliban said on Sunday that women who tried to travel remotely should not be offered road transportation unless they were accompanied by close relatives of the man.
Guidance issued by the Ministry for the promotion of virtues and prevention of representatives, who also asked the vehicle owner to reject the vehicle to women who do not wear headscarves, have attracted a condemnation of rights activists.
This step followed the Taliban limiting many women in the role of the public sector starting from the return to work after their seizures on August 15, and when women remained deducted from high school.
It also happens even though the hard-line Islamists are trying to project moderate international images in an effort to restore suspended assistance when the previous government exploded during the final stage of US military withdrawals.
“Women traveling for more than 45 miles (72 kilometers) should not be offered up if they are not accompanied by close family members,” said Sadeq Ministry spokesman Akif Muhajir told AFP on Sunday, determining that the escort must be a relative of the male close .
New guidance, which circulated on social media networks, also asked people to stop playing music in their vehicle.
A few weeks ago, the Ministry asked the Afghan television channel to stop showing drama and soap opera featuring women’s actors.
It also asks for women’s TV journalists to wear headscarves while presenting.
Muhajir said Sunday that the hijab, Islamic hijab, would also be needed for women who were looking for transportation.
The Taliban Hijab Definition – which can range from the hair that covers the hair or full body cover – is not clear, and most Afghan women have been wearing a headscarf.
Human Rights Watch detonated guidance.
“The New Order basically moves …
Further towards making a prisoner woman,” Heather Barr, Director of the Female group partner, told AFP.
“Turns off opportunities for them to be able to move freely, to travel to other cities, to do business, (or) to be able to escape if they face violence at home”, he added.
Earlier this month, the Taliban issued a decision on behalf of their highest leaders who instructed the government to uphold women’s rights.
But it doesn’t mention women’s access to education.
On Sunday, the Afghan minister for Higher Education Abdul Baqi Haqqani said the authorities were discussing this issue.
“The Emirates of Islam does not oppose women’s education but oppose joint education,” Haqqani told reporters.
“We are trying to build an Islamic environment where women can learn …
may need time,” he said, without determining when girls will return to school classes and universities throughout the country.
Women’s rights are very limited during the Taliban’s duty in the 1990s.
They were forced to wear the burqa covering faces, only allowed to leave homes with male companions and were banned from work and education.
Respect women’s rights have been repeatedly quoted by major global donors as a condition to restore assistance.
The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan faces a “avalanche of hunger” this winter, estimates that 22 million residents faced lack of “acute” food.
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