Taliban Tightens Clothing Restrictions for Women in Kandahar
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The Taliban\u2019s vice and virtue directorate in Kandahar has ordered shopkeepers to sell women\u2019s clothing, beauty products, and other personal items only to customers wearing the full burqa, Amu TV reported. The directive prohibits sales to women in what the Taliban call \u201cordinary hijab,\u201d with fines or imprisonment for vendors who disobey.<\/p>\n
Local sources said Taliban enforcers have been patrolling women\u2019s markets over the past week, instructing shopkeepers to serve female customers outside their stores rather than allowing them inside. Similar measures were reportedly implemented earlier this month in Khost Province, where shops selling women\u2019s goods were closed.<\/p>\n
Human rights advocates describe these restrictions as part of a broader pattern of curbs on women\u2019s freedoms since the Taliban regained power in 2021, including bans on girls\u2019 education, most forms of employment, and participation in public life. Kandahar, the movement\u2019s birthplace and power base, often serves as a testing ground for its strictest policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Taliban Tightens Clothing Restrictions for Women in Kandahar ………….. The Taliban\u2019s vice and virtue directorate in Kandahar has ordered shopkeepers to sell women\u2019s clothing, beauty products, and other personal items only to customers wearing the full burqa, Amu TV reported. The directive prohibits sales to women in what the Taliban call \u201cordinary hijab,\u201d with fines …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","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":[],"class_list":["post-133493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"\n