Taliban bans girls from participating in Eid celebrations in 2 provinces: Report | World News
The Taliban prohibited girls from attending Eid celebrations in two provinces of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. Authorities in Baghlan and Takhar provinces of the nation ordered girls to not exit in teams in the course of the days of Eid ul-Fitr. Though, solely two provinces have issued the directions.
This comes as Taliban banned households and ladies from eating in institutions with gardens and outside house within the Herat area of Afghanistan, it was earlier reported. The choice was taken to cease “gender mingling” and flouting of strict hijab guidelines on girls, the authorities mentioned.
Taliban additionally stopped the sale of contraceptives in two of Afghanistan’s essential cities, claiming that the usage of contraceptives by girls is a western conspiracy to regulate the Muslim inhabitants, Guardian earlier reported.
“They got here to my retailer twice with weapons and threatened me to not maintain contraceptive drugs on the market. They’re recurrently checking each pharmacy in Kabul and we now have stopped promoting the merchandise,” a retailer proprietor informed Guardian.
This marks the newest assault on girls’s rights by Taliban who got here to energy in Afghanistan in August 2021 after US troop withdrawal.
Taliban have additionally ended greater training for women, closed universities to girls, compelled girls out of jobs and restricted their capacity to depart their houses, amongst different restrictions.
