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Taliban bans women from going to parks and gyms in Afghanistan

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The Taliban has announced a ban on women going to parks and gyms in Afghanistan.

This is one of many bans affecting women in the nation. The Taliban previously banned girls from attending middle school and high school, prevented women from working at most jobs, and ordered them to strictly follow Islamic dress code by being fully covered while in public.

A spokesman from the Taliban-run Ministry of Virtue and Vice issued a statement regarding the ban saying it was being rolled out due to people ignoring gender segregation orders and that women were not wearing the required hijab, or head covering.

Mohammed Akef Mohajer, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the ministry, said that they had tried to avoid closing parks and gyms for women by imposing gender segregation.

“But, unfortunately, the orders were not obeyed and the rules were violated, and we had to close parks and gyms for women,” he said.

“In most cases, we have seen both men and women together in parks and, unfortunately, the hijab was not observed. So, we had to come up with another decision and for now we ordered all parks and gyms to be closed for women.”

Reuters cited several witnesses in Kabul who saw several women being turned away from an amusement park after the Taliban’s recent ban went into effect.

ARTICLE: PAUL MURDOCH

MANAGING EDITOR: CARSON CHOATE

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Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

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