8am: The Taliban’s Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has intensified restrictions on citizens, particularly women, to enforce their new law. The group’s Morality Police in some provinces have instructed men not to send their wives to the market. According to these Morality Police, women, when haggling with shopkeepers, lead men astray as their voices are heard by unrelated men. The Taliban have emphasized that women should shop without speaking or bargaining. Multiple reports from various provinces indicate that the Morality Police have increased violence and repression to enforce their new laws. In a recent incident, the Taliban’s Minister for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, during a visit to Ghazni Province, did not allow journalists to film. Click here to read more (external link).
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