Taliban bans men and women from dining together in western Afghanistan
Afghan women now have to cover their faces when going out – Photo: REUTERS
According to AFP news agency, Afghanistan is a conservative country with many strict laws, but men and women often go to restaurants, especially in Herat – a city considered quite liberal in this country. .
Since returning to power in August 2021, Taliban imposed laws that discriminated between men and women in accordance with their religious vision.
Riazullah Seerat, an official at the Ministry of Virtue Promotion and Prevention, said authorities in the city of Herat had asked men and women to separate in the restaurant.
Mr Seerat told AFP news agency that the rule also applies to married couples.
An unnamed woman told AFP that the manager of a restaurant in Herat had asked her and her husband to sit separately on the evening of May 11.
Safiullah, a restaurant manager in Herat, confirmed he received a request from the Ministry of Virtue Promotion and Prevention of Bad Habits.
“We have to follow the request, but it has a very negative impact on our business,” said Safiullah, adding that if the ban continues, he will be forced to fire employees.
According to official Riazullah Seerat, public parks in the city of Herat also segregate visitors by gender. Men and women are only allowed to go to the park on different days.
“Women go to the park on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Other days are for men,” Mr. Seerat said.
Mr Seerat recommends that women who want to exercise on men’s days should find “a safe place or exercise at home”.
In the past, the Taliban has pledged to be softer than when it first took power from 1996 to 2001. But the reality shows that there are still many shortcomings, especially girls and women are restricted from going to school and working in the country. government.
The city of Herat has also stopped issuing driver’s licenses to women.
Women across Afghanistan have been banned from traveling alone and forced to cover their faces in public.
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