1- Complete ban on women's work outside the home, which also applies to female teachers, engineers and most professions. Only a few female doctors and nurses are allowed to work in some hospitals in Kabul.
2- Complete ban on women's activity outside the home unless accompanied by a mahram (close male relative such as a father, brother or husband).
3- Ban on women dealing with male shopkeepers.
4- Ban on women being treated by male doctors.
5- Ban on women studying at schools, universities or any other educational institution. (Taliban are converting girls' schools into religious seminaries.)
6- Requirement that women wear a long veil (Burqa), which covers them from head to toe.
7- Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women not clothed in accordance with Taliban rules, or of women unaccompanied by a mahram.
8- Public stoning of married women/men accused of having relation outside marriage. (A number of lovers are stoned to death under this rule).
10- Ban on women talking or shaking hands with non-mahram males.
11- Ban on women riding in a taxi without a mahram.
12- Ban on women's presence in radio, television or public gatherings of any kind.
13- Ban on women playing sports or entering a sport center or club.
14- Ban on women riding bicycles or motorcycles, even with their mahrams.
15- Ban on women's wearing brightly colored clothes. In Taliban terms, these are "sexually attracting colors."
16- Ban on women gathering for festive occasions such as the Eids, or for any recreational purpose.
17- Ban on male tailors taking women's measurements or sewing women's clothes.
18- Ban on male tailors taking women's measurements or sewing women's clothes.
19- Ban on the photographing or filming of women.
20- Ban on women's pictures printed in media and books.
The list is so long and more ban to come unfortunately!😠😡🤬
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I am seeking asylum from any country other than #Pakistan I am a 22-year female student at Kabul University with a GPA of 4/4. My parents are retired teachers (A family of 3). I have asthma and CANNOT wear #Burqa (Chadari), and I want to finish my education. @CitImmCanada
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