Taliban Block Women Without Burqas From Entering Herat Hospital
Local sources told Afghanistan International early Monday that Taliban members once again prevented hundreds of women without burqas from entering Herat Regional Hospital.
The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice earlier rejected claims that wearing a burqa was mandatory in Herat, but sources said the restriction remains strictly enforced.
A viewer in Herat shared a video with Afghanistan International, saying that Taliban officers used violence while blocking women from entering and that they were beating them.
On Sunday, the Taliban’s virtue ministry denied that the burqa had been made compulsory for women in Herat and said women in the province had not been denied government services for not wearing one.
However, according to local sources and videos received by Afghanistan International, Taliban members have required women to wear the burqa in public places and government offices in Herat since Wednesday.
