{"id":29710,"date":"2024-11-22T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T07:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/?p=29710"},"modified":"2024-11-22T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T07:30:20","slug":"taliban-orders-closure-of-women-owned-coffee-shops-in-herat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/taliban-orders-closure-of-women-owned-coffee-shops-in-herat\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban orders closure of women-owned coffee shops in Herat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban\u2019s vice and virtue police have verbally instructed women-led coffee shops in Herat to cease operations, local sources in the province told Rukhshana Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the cafe owners, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said her male colleagues were instructed on Monday, November 18, to close the women\u2019s section and dismiss all female staff members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latte, Black, Tabeeat, Night, and Gram are five women-owned cafes in Herat city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince this was a verbal order, we did not comply and continued our activities. However, the Gram and Night cafes ceased operations, though the Gram cafe reopened on Thursday,\u201d the owner of the cafes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe activities of my cafe do not contradict any law or tradition. We do not play music, women and girls enter fully covered, and no tobacco products are sold in our cafe,\u201d one of the owners said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the breadwinner of her family, she is deeply concerned about the consequences of her cafe\u2019s closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have invested one million and five hundred thousand Afghanis ($22,000) in this cafe. 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