About Taliban’s new rule for women

• Airlines in Afghanistan have been told to not allow women travellers onboard.

• Taliban has announced a new rule. According to the rule, women will no longer be allowed to travel alone.

• Women will now have to be accompanied with a male to travel by air.

• Over the weekend, another rule was announced by Taliban which said that men and women will not be allowed to visit parks on the same day.

• It is said by spectators that women are being increasingly shut out of public life- from school and government jobs, and even having to dress according to the Taliban’s strict interpretation of the Quran.