Taliban bans women from solo, long-distance road trips in Afghanistan
CNN
The Taliban have banned women from taking long-distance road trips in Afghanistan on their own, requiring that a male relative accompany them for any distance beyond 45 miles, according to a Taliban official speaking to CNN.
Mohammad Sadiq Hakif Mahajer, spokesman for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, told CNN that the new law -- forbidding women from the solo, long-distance road trips -- has been instated. The law, he said, is designed to prevent women from coming to any harm or "disturbance."
Since seizing power in August, the Taliban has tried to present a moderate face when it comes to the rights of women as it attempts to restore frozen foreign aid.
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