About two weeks after it closed the only library that allows women to enter the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Taliban closed the Afghan women's voice radio station "Radio Sadai-i-Panwan" in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, due to allegations of broadcasting policy that contradicts the ruling regime, according to what he said. Local radio station officials.
And the Afghan Khaama Press news agency quoted (Friday) the Taliban’s director of information and culture in Badakhshan province, Moizuddin Ahmadi, as saying that the radio station, which is run by women, was forced to stop its work, due to broadcasting music during the month of Ramadan.
However, the director of the radio, Najla Sherzadeh, denied broadcasting music and violating Taliban policy. She linked the Taliban's decision to close the radio station to programs on girls' education that the radio had recently broadcast.
Despite many challenges, the women-run radio station has been continuing its operations with female employees working from home for the past year.
Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the movement imposed strict restrictions on the media and the press, and took several decisions against women, such as preventing them from education, closing women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, and preventing girls from working in shopping centers.
Women were excluded from most public jobs or given low wages to keep them at home. Women are no longer allowed to travel without a male family member, and must wear the burqa.
In November, the movement banned women from parks, gardens, gyms and public swimming pools.
The Taliban closed in mid-March the only library that allows women to enter the Afghan capital, Kabul. She attributed the closure to security reasons, according to library officials. The library's founders said the Taliban attacked the library at least twice and closed it during more than 6 months of its operation.
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