RASC News Agency: Citing local sources from Balkh province, it has been disclosed that the Taliban group has detained six young girls on allegations of non-compliance with mandated hijab and participating in “unaccompanied” interactions with men within the province’s vicinity. Sources from Balkh province relayed to the media on Thursday, January 18th, that over the preceding week, these girls were apprehended by the Taliban’s morality police in areas ranging from Hasanabad and Bandar Tashqorghan to the Alokozi intersection in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
According to these sources, one of the detained girls is a health worker from Mazar-i-Sharif, whose apprehension by the Taliban’s morality police was attributed to her movements being labeled as “unaccompanied.” This transpires at a time when the Taliban group has recently detained women and girls from various quarters of Kabul city, encompassing Dasht-e-Barchi, Khair Khana, and Taimani, accusing them of failing to adhere to the prescribed hijab.
The detention of women and girls by the Taliban on charges of immodesty has evoked widespread reactions. In the most recent development, the U.S. Department of State has censured the Taliban’s actions against Afghanistani women. Furthermore, Amnesty International has previously implored the Taliban to cease their suppression of Afghanistani women and girls. Despite these appeals, the group persists in its violent actions against women.
