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Taliban to “stop women from working for a while”

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September 20, 2021

William Howard

As the new Taliban rule continues in Afghanistan, the militant group has advised female employees within Kabul to stay at home unless their jobs cannot be done by a man

The mayor of Kabul says the Taliban has “found it necessary to stop women from working for a while”

Women in Kabul out on the streets again today demanding their rights to work and education #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/8ygW747iSs
— Yalda Hakim (@BBCYaldaHakim) September 19, 2021

These latest restrictions follow a string of previous strict regulations that have been imposed by the nation’s hard-line new Islamist government.

During the militant group’s previous rule over Afghanistan during the 1990s, women were also prevented from receiving education or working.

Saturday morning in Kabul: from today, Afghan boys from grade 7 are allowed to return to school.

Girls are not.

By not permitting girls to return to school, the Taliban have de facto banned girls’ secondary education for the 1st time since their regime in the 90s #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/MjBpMsfZNW
— Sune Engel Rasmussen (@SuneEngel) September 18, 2021

Following the successful Taliban takeover of the country in August, the group said women’s rights would be respected “within the framework of Islamic law”.

Since this time, there have been numerous reports of Taliban fighters beating women who have been protesting against the all-male interim government.

Meanwhile, the Taliban have also appeared to have closed the women’s affairs ministry… replacing it with a religious doctrines department.

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