Taliban bans women from visiting Afghanistan national park

The Taliban has banned women from visiting one among Afghanistan’s hottest national parks.

Afghanistan’s performing minister of advantage and vice , Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, mentioned women haven’t been observing the correct method to put on the hijab whereas visiting the park.

The minister mentioned that safety forces will probably be used to cease women from going to Band-e-Amir in Bamiyan province. “Going sightseeing is just not a should for women”, Mr Hanafi has mentioned.

Heather Barr, at Human Rights Watch, condemned the transfer, saying “partitions are closing in on women” in Afghanistan.

She added: “Not content material with depriving ladies and women of schooling, employment and free motion, the Taliban additionally need to take from them parks and sport and now even nature, as we see from this newest ban on women visiting Band-e-Amir.”

Final November, the Taliban-led authorities barred women from utilizing public areas, together with parks, saying that they weren’t sporting the hijab accurately or following gender segregation guidelines.

Since taking up the nation on August 15, 2021, after the withdrawal of US and Nato forces, they’ve imposed a number of restrictions focusing on Afghan ladies and women, together with stopping ladies from going to high school past the sixth grade, and prohibiting Afghan women from jobs at native and non-governmental organisations whereas cracking down on media.

These harsh measures triggered a fierce worldwide outrage, together with from Muslim-majority nations.

Band-e-Amir is a serious vacationer attraction in Bamiyan. It grew to become the nation’s first national park in 2009 and pulls in 1000’s of holiday makers yearly.

It’s a main supply of revenue for locals and their sightseeing, restaurant, resort and handicraft companies.

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