Women and girls are facing blanket bans on education after a series of decrees steadily eroded their rights in almost all aspects of life.
Among its new commitments, the Taliban pledged to honor women’s rights within the norms of “Islamic law.” The group’s spokesman Suhail Shaheen said at the time that women would be allowed to continue their education up to university – a break from the strict restrictions under the Taliban regime that ruled between 1996 and 2001. The promises of a softer approach were met with skepticism, both within the country and abroad.
Late last year, it was announced that women would require a male escort to travel long distances within the country. Any woman traveling further than 75 kilometers was required to be accompanied by a male chaperone. Mohammad Sadiq Hakif Mahajer, spokesman for the virtue ministry, told CNN at the time that the new law was meant to prevent women from coming to any harm or “disturbance.” The new rules also called on drivers not to allow women who weren’t wearing the hijab into their cars.
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