the Taliban forbid women to travel more than 72 kilometers without being accompanied

Additional restrictions for Afghan women. The Taliban announced Sunday, December 26 that women wishing to travel long distances, more than 72 kilometers, must be accompanied by a male relative of their close family. The recommendation, published by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, also calls on drivers to accept women in their vehicles only if they are wearing the “Islamic veil”.

This directive comes a few weeks after the ministry asked Afghan televisions not to broadcast any more “soap operas and series with rose water in which women” play, and ensure that women journalists wear “the Islamic veil” on the screen. Without specifying whether it is a simple scarf, already worn by the majority of Afghan women, or a more covering veil.