New Taliban Restriction Targets Women\u2019s Education and Communication
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\nAfghan media have reported that some officials from the Taliban\u2019s Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs have urged families during Friday sermons to confiscate the smartphones of women and girls.<\/p>\n
According to Al Jazeera, Taliban clerics described women\u2019s use of mobile phones as a source of \u201cmoral corruption\u201d within families and instructed men to prevent it.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s rights activists and citizens have condemned the directive, calling it discriminatory and a further restriction on women\u2019s education and communication. They have demanded an immediate end to such policies.<\/p>\n
Experts warn that these measures not only limit women\u2019s access to information and education but also have broader negative social and economic consequences for Afghan families and society. They argue that such restrictions could seriously undermine sustainable development and women\u2019s participation in social and educational life in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Taliban Restriction Targets Women\u2019s Education and Communication ——————- Afghan media have reported that some officials from the Taliban\u2019s Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs have urged families during Friday sermons to confiscate the smartphones of women and girls. According to Al Jazeera, Taliban clerics described women\u2019s use of mobile phones as a source of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135033,"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-135034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"\n