Taliban morality enforcers detained several women late Thursday near the Parwan Hotel in Kabul’s 11th district, local sources said.
The women were taken to a Taliban security facility, where families were told to pay 20,000 afghanis (about $280) and informed that the women would spend one night in jail, according to the sources.
Some of the women were released Friday morning, but others remain in detention, the sources added. They said the women were wearing the Taliban’s required form of hijab at the time of their arrest.
The Taliban have previously detained dozens of women in central and western Kabul, accusing them of failing to comply with the group’s strict dress code.
Rights groups and activists have sharply condemned the detentions, calling them part of the Taliban’s broader campaign of restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan.
