Taliban on Saturday detained several women in central and western Kabul, witnesses and local sources told Amu. This happens just days after dozens of women were detained by the Taliban in Shahr-e-Naw neighborhood in downtown Kabul.
Saturday’s arrests occurred in Qala-e-Fathullah, an area near downtown Kabul, and Dasht-e-Barchi in the western part of the capital. The exact number of those detained remains unclear.
Eyewitnesses described the arrests as forceful and carried out without explanation. In Dasht-e-Barchi, Taliban members reportedly raided a women’s beauty salon that had been operating discreetly and detained several women there as well.
Taliban have not issued any public statement regarding the incidents.
Saturday’s arrests come just days after Taliban’s morality police rounded up dozens of women in the Shahr-e-Naw area on July 16, allegedly for appearing in public without a male guardian or for failing to wear the Taliban-mandated form of hijab. While some of those women have since been released, many remain in custody at Taliban security outposts and the Interior Ministry, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
The detentions have drawn renewed criticism from rights advocates and members of the public, who warn that such actions further entrench the Taliban’s restrictive policies against women and girls.
