Local sources in the western Herat province have reported that the Taliban have been monitoring women’s clothing choices and physically assaulting those who do not adhere to the group’s prescribed dress code. According to a source, the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue agents physically assaulted several women on Saturday for wearing manteau, which the group considers to be non-Islamic clothing. Taxi drivers in the provincial capital of Herat have confirmed that they were ordered by the Taliban Vice and Virtue Department … Continue reading Taliban assaults women in Herat province for not complying with dress code