Taliban bring back strict control rules, including not letting women drive alone – IOTW Report

Taliban bring back strict control rules, including not letting women drive alone

Daily Caller: The Taliban made it illegal for women in Afghanistan to go on long-distance road trips alone, BBC News reported Monday.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said Sunday that any woman seeking to travel more than 45 miles should be denied transportation unless they are accompanied by a male relative, BBC News reported.

The directive also calls on drivers to refuse rides to women who are not wearing Islamic head or face coverings, BBC News reported. It also bans the population from playing music while driving.

“I felt really bad,” Fatima, a midwife who lives in Kabul, told BBC News in response to the order. “I cannot go out independently. What should I do if either I or my child is sick and my husband is not available?” more

10 Comments on Taliban bring back strict control rules, including not letting women drive alone

  1. The world wasted its time trying to either win or improve Afghanistan.
    Never mind the weapons, think of all the effort that was put into trying to educate young women only to have them forced indoors for the next 60 years of life. It is much worse than having remained uneducated & not knowing that there are OTHER POSSIBILITIES that are no longer available. Very SAD.

    The poppy fields should have been bombed from 50,000 feet with no soldier ever setting foot in the Shithole.

  2. Afghanistan’s been a pain in the ass since Alexander’s time.
    Wouldn’t bother me a bit if they all killed each other – and the last one killed himself.

    Vying with North Korea for “Anus of the World.”

    mortem tyrannis
    izlamo delenda est …

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