The Taliban have introduced a new rule restricting Afghan women from hearing each other's voices, an additional step toward erasing women's presence in public life, as reported by the New York Post. Taliban Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Khalid Hanafi, reportedly decreed that women must not be able to hear one another's voices, even during prayer.

Taliban claimed that a woman's voice is considered "awrah", or that which must be covered, and should not be heard in public, not even by other women.

Kabul: The Taliban have imposed a new, oppressive rule that silences Afghan women's voices even further, the latest step banned them from hearing each

The latest prohibition comes months after the Taliban, in August, banned women’s voices in public spaces.

Kabul: In a bizarre move, the Taliban has prohibited women in Afghanistan from praying aloud in the presence of one another. This latest order has further restricted the freedom of Afghan women since the group came to power in 2021. The new rule was announced by Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister for the Promotion […]