Girls as young as 16 have been arrested across the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the past week for violating the Taliban\u2019s hijab rules, The Guardian reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girls \u2013 who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets \u2013 were allegedly accused of \u201cspreading and encouraging others to wear a bad hijab\u201d and wearing makeup, the British newspaper added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since taking power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have further restricted women\u2019s access to education, employment and public spaces. In May 2022, they decreed that women should cover themselves from head to toe, revealing only their eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Girls as young as 16 have been arrested across the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the past week for violating the Taliban\u2019s hijab rules, The Guardian reported. The girls \u2013 who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets \u2013 were allegedly accused of \u201cspreading and encouraging others to wear a bad hijab\u201d and wearing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":100210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[6414,6415,44],"class_list":["post-100209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-hijab-rules","tag-pressure-on-women","tag-taliban"],"yoast_head":"\n