Yet another step backwards for women's rights in Afghanistan: the Taliban today announced a ban on women traveling alone for long distances (over 70 km) and that they must be accompanied by a man of the family.
The recommendation, published by the ministry for the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice, which was already circulating on social networks, also invites drivers not to accept women in their vehicles if they are not wearing the "Islamic veil", without however specifying what type of veil.
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