Afghanistan: Taliban morality ministry ban girls from parks

Afghan girls will not be allowed in parks, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s morality ministry mentioned, partly as a result of that they had not been assembly its interpretation of Islamic apparel throughout their visits.

Mohammad Akif Muhajir, the spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, made the feedback in an interview with native media and, when requested in regards to the restrictions, referred Reuters to audio of the interview.

“For the last 14 or 15 months we were trying to provide an environment according to Sharia (Islamic law) and our culture for women to go to the parks,” he mentioned.

“Unfortunately, the owners of parks didn’t co-operate with us very well, and also the women didn’t observe hijab as was suggested. For now, the decision has been taken that they are banned,” he mentioned, referring to the group’s interpretation of the Islamic gown code for ladies.

Almost all girls in Afghanistan put on a head scarf, or hijab, in public. However, the Taliban have mentioned girls ought to put on lengthy flowing garments that cowl their our bodies and likewise cowl their faces, such because the all-enveloping burqa. Some girls in Kabul and different city centres don’t cowl their faces in public and others put on a surgical face masks.

Western governments have mentioned the Taliban must reverse its course on girls’s rights, together with a U-turn on indicators they might open women’ excessive faculties, for any path in the direction of formal recognition of the Taliban authorities.

It was not clear how lengthy the park restrictions would final and whether or not they can be prolonged throughout Afghanistan.

Park operators in western Herat and northern Balkh and Badkahshan provinces mentioned that they had not been requested to cease girls getting into but.

Some girls in these provinces instructed Reuters they have been watching the restrictions in Kabul carefully and have been apprehensive they may be utilized in different provinces.

“Here they haven’t restricted women and girls yet but you will never know when they change their minds,” mentioned a girl in Badakhshan who requested to stay nameless. The Taliban say they respect girls’s rights in accordance with their interpretation of Islamic legislation.