Taliban Defend Hijab Enforcement After Arrests of Women in Herat
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Deprived of studies, excluded from many jobs and most places of sociability, Afghan women are now at risk of being arrested if they leave their homes. To protest, they launched a boycott. UnsuccessfullyIn early June, the arrest of several women in the Jibril neighbourhood in Herat by the dreaded police of the "promotion of virtue and prevention of vice" caused panic far beyond this northwestern city of Afghanistan.Three days later, a demonstrati…
Taliban defend hijab enforcement after arrests of women in Herat
A senior Taliban official has defended the enforcement of their dress code for women, describing the hijab as a matter of “national sovereignty and cultural identity,” days after Taliban morality police detained dozens of women in western Afghanistan for allegedly violating the required dress code. Saif-ul-Islam Khyber, spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said in a statement posted on Facebook…
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