The hardline Islamists have imposed sweeping restrictions on freedoms, mostly targeting Afghan girls and women, and ordered local television channels to stop broadcasting BBC news bulletins.
KABUL - The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to stop women from flying unless accompanied by a male relative, in the latest crackdown on basic human rights by the country's new rulers since seizing power.
Women are increasingly being shut out of public life, barred from school and most government jobs, and ordered to dress according to the Taliban's strict interpretation of the Koran. A spokesman for the Taliban's religious enforcers, the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, denied ordering the flight ban, but two travel agents AFP contacted confirmed they had stopped issuing tickets to solo women travellers.
Women are now permitted to visit parks only on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, while the remaining days are reserved for men, a ministry notification said.
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