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The Taliban in Afghanistan has reportedly stopped issuing a driving license to women in Capital Kabul and other provinces.
While there has been no official confirmation by the Taliban authorities, local media reports quoted by the news agency said the verbal order had been issued to stop giving a driving license to women.
We have been instructed verbally to stop issuing a license to a female driver … but it is not directed to stop women from driving in the city,” Jan Agha Achakzai, Head of Herat Traffic Management Institute who oversees driving schools, quoted to AFP on 3 May.
Since the takeover of the country in August last year, the Taliban has doubled the rights of women who limit including limiting their movements without a companion and stopped the education of girls.
In March, the Taliban told Airlines that women could not rise to domestic or international flights without male companions.
On the same week, the Taliban also retreated on their previous commitment to open middle school to girls, a step that had attracted widespread criticism.
I personally tell a [guard] Taliban that it is more comfortable for me to travel by my car than sitting next to a taxi driver, “Shaima Wafa told AFP.
Adila Adeel, an instructor who drove a 29 -year -old woman in Herat, said: “We are told not to offer driving lessons and not issue licenses.
Apart from the restrictions on women’s rights, the Taliban previously stated that they had changed from the previous rules from 1996 to 2001 where they forbade women from education, working or leaving home without relatives.
