Taliban Ban Women’s Voices and Faces in Public Under Laws

Published on August 23, 2024

The Taliban have banned women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws to combat vice and promote virtue in Afghanistan. The laws were brought in on Wednesday after they were approved by the country’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, a government spokesman said. The Islamic fundamentalist group, which has controlled the country for three years, set up a ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” after seizing power following the withdrawal of US forces in 2021. The new laws cover various aspects of everyday life such as public transport, music, shaving, and celebrations. Set out in a 114-page, 35-article document, they are the first formal declaration of vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan since the takeover, the Associated Press reports....

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