The Taliban administration released a set of restrictions on Afghan media

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The Taliban administration released a set of restrictions on Afghan media, including banning television dramas that included female actors and ordering women news presenters to wear ‘Islamic hijab’ reut.rs/30ZTHpA

Source: Reuters on Twitter,23/11/2021

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue set out nine rules this week, a Taliban administration spokesperson said on Tuesday, largely centred on banning any media that contravened «Islamic or Afghan values».

Some edicts were targeted specifically at women.

«Those dramas…or programmes in which women have acted, should not be aired,» the rules said, adding that female journalists on air should wear «Islamic hijab» without defining what that meant.

Though most women in Afghanistan wear headscarves in public, the Taliban’s statements that women should wear «Islamic hijab» have often in the past worried women’s rights activists who say the term is vague and could be interpreted conservatively.

During the Taliban’s previous rule,

strict curbs were placed on women’s ability to leave the house, unless accompanied by a male relative, or to receive education.

Since Taliban took over Afghanistan on 15 August, they publicly assure women and the international community that women’s rights will be protected.

Last Updated on 23.11.2021 by iskova

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