Afghanistan: women banned from flying without a male escort
Afghan women protest the new ban on air travel for women unaccompanied by a man, in Kabul, March 26, 2022. © Mohammed Shoaib Amin / AP
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In Afghanistan, women can no longer fly unless they are accompanied by a male relative.
This is the new rule imposed by the Taliban, seven months after taking power.
It is in addition to a series of restrictions on the freedoms of Afghan women introduced since August 15, 2021.
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With our correspondent in Islamabad,
Sonia Ghezali
The Afghan airlines, Ariana Afghan Airlines and Kam Air, have confirmed to Agence France Presse that the Taliban have ordered them to no longer accept on board their planes women who are not accompanied by a Moharam, a "
guardian
a male member of their family.
Last December, the Taliban had already dealt a blow to the freedoms of Afghan women by prohibiting them from making trips of more than 72 kilometers without a male chaperone.
Since seizing power, the Taliban have issued many other rules
that impede women's freedoms
.
A growing segregation
A resident of Kabul told RFI last month that she had never felt so much vulnerability since taking power.
She explained that her 22-year-old sister had been refused the issuance of her passport because she was not accompanied by her father, her husband, or a brother.
But being single, with a single minor brother and a deceased father, the young woman confided that she could never obtain her passport unless she married.
Women are almost entirely banned from public service jobs, they are also excluded from political life.
And last week,
the start of the school year for middle school and high school girls was postponed until further notice
despite the promises of the new Afghan authorities to return their schooling to young Afghan women.
Segregation is now also enforced in public parks.
“
The Taliban have not changed
,” say several human rights organizations, which denounce the Taliban's recent measures going against their promises to the international community.
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