Taliban authorities in eastern Nangarhar province have prevented as many as 100 women from attending a skills and business training program.
A charity organisation was sponsoring the professional training for carpet weaving and sewing skills, according to a participant who was registered to attend.
Around 250 people, including 100 women, were expected to attend the first day of training on October 15 in Nangarhar’s capital city Jalalabad.
“The Taliban vice and virtue men entered the class without permission and they said ugly words to all the participants and said the women could not be there,” the participant said, requesting to remain anonymous.
The morality police barred all women from attending the launch event and the 17-day program, the participant said.
The charity regularly runs training for farmers and others looking for work by holding initial workshops and supporting people to find work.
The participant did not want to name the charity for fear of repercussions.
Taliban local officials have not said anything in relation to this matter.
It’s just over two weeks since Nangarhar’s Taliban officials stopped hundreds of women from continuing their jobs at the Hadda Farm pine nuts processing factory.
The ban included women who attended the factory with their husbands or a male chaperone, which is one of the Taliban’s requirements for women travelling outside the home.
