The Taliban vice and virtue police have prevented women and girls from boarding city buses for not wearing masks in Kabul, multiple sources in the capital reported.
On Saturday at 10:00 AM local time, the vice and virtue police did not allow women and girls to board city minibuses traveling from Pol-e-Sokhta to central Kabul.
Three Taliban morality police officers were present at the bus stop in the western Kabul Pol-e-Sokhta area, actively preventing women and girls without masks from taking the buses, according to the sources.
Despite being properly dressed, women and girls were denied access to the buses. One source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, reported that her 50-year-old mother was forced to get off the bus in the Kart-e-Char area while it was en route to Kote Sangi.
“Why are you sitting in a vehicle with men?” her mother was asked.
“My mother was forced to walk from Kart-e-Char to Kote Sangi,” the source added.
These incidents occur amid the strict regulations imposed by the Taliban, particularly under their morality enforcement laws, which establish rigid rules regarding the dress and behavior of women.
Under the Taliban’s new morality law, a woman’s voice is even considered a private part.
These laws have imposed severe restrictions on women’s daily lives, and the vice and virtue police are permitted to detain those who do not comply with these regulations.
