UN: Taliban have increased restrictions on Afghan women and girls

The United Nations has said Taliban have increased restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan in recent months, including education and employment.

In its newest report, the UN has said that the Taliban Ministry for Public Health has announced that only men can take exams to enroll in medical studies.

The UN has said it has recorded cases when the Taliban have even begun to implement some additional restrictions against freedom of movement and employment of women.

At the beginning of May, two Afghan women members of an international nongovernmental organization have been arrested by Taliban forces at the airport because they have been traveling without a man's company or have not been completely covered.

In June, a woman has been threatened with death by intelligence service if she continues to work with international organisations.

She was reported to have resigned two days later.

According to the UN, there are also reports of physical violence against women.

The organisation has mentioned an incident when Taliban have beaten a woman and forced her to leave a public park.

Despite promises of another leader, compared to that of the 1990s, the Taliban have set tough rules since they climbed to the helm of Afghanistan in August 2021, at the time when American and NATO forces have been moving away.

They have banned women from moving in most public spaces and have printed the media.

Girls are banned from going to school after the long class, and women are banned from local and nongovernmental organisations.