The Taliban have now banned women from speaking to each other in Afghanistan. Here's what you need to know.
The new law requires “women not to hear the voice of another woman”
More precisely, the Ministry of Vice and Virtue has just promulgated a new law, Saturday October 26, which requires women not to hear the voice of another woman.
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In a public statement this Monday, the minister in charge, Khalid Hanafi clarified: “Even when an adult woman prays and other women pass by, she must refrain from praying too loudly, so as not to be heard.”
According to The Telegraph, the precise contours of this law remain unclear for the moment, but Afghan activists are warning about what it implies. If women no longer have the right to hear each other's voices, this means that they no longer have the right to discuss.
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The Minister of Virtue declared that these “new rules will be gradually implemented”.
The women will be arrested and sent to prison, the Taliban said.
This new restriction by the Taliban aims once again to impose their sectarian interpretation of Sharia law in Afghanistan.
The Taliban came to power in August 2021
Since coming to power in August 2021, the Taliban have deprived Afghan girls and women of many rights.
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According to a UN report from July 2024, the restrictions imposed and the methods used to enforce them are creating a climate of fear and intimidation within the country.
Last March, for example, the supreme leader of the Taliban positioned himself in favor of the stoning of women in public spaces.
According to a senior Taliban official interviewed by the Telegraph, the policy led by the most radical elements is creating a divide.
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“Someone should arrest the supreme leader. Many Taliban are angry and fear that with everything the leaders are doing, we could lose Afghanistan as quickly as we conquered it.”
