According to the agency, this instruction exists in writing, its provisions have been communicated to drivers. In addition, it is now forbidden to carry women in cars without a hijab.
Earlier, representatives of the Taliban movement abolished the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and banned live music at weddings. For example, in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, it is strictly forbidden to listen to music, smoke, not follow the prayer schedule and spend time together for men and women in hotels and restaurants.
At the end of October 2021, it was reported that members of the radical Taliban movement attacked a wedding in Afghanistan. The attack took place in the village of Shamshpur Mar Gundi in Nangarhar province — music sounded there in the evening, which provoked the conflict. Two people were killed and ten people were injured.