Taliban ban TV shows featuring women artists; say female scribes must wear hijabs

In yet another setback for women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday ordered television channels to stop airing shows featuring women artists and said female scribes must wear hijabs as per the group's interpretation of Islamic law. This order is part of the newly issued guidelines by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice or moral police, American broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) reported.

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