Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities issued order that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative.
The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also called on all vehicle owners to offer rides only to those women wearing Islamic hijabs.Women travelling for more than 45 miles (72 kilometres) should not be offered a ride if they are not accompanied by a close family member,” ministry spokesman Sadeq Akif Muhajir told AFP on Sunday, specifying that it must be a close male relative.