International Desk: After the Taliban group returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, they took one step after another to limit the rights of women. This time, the current administration of Afghanistan has banned women from entering the popular ‘Band-e-Amir’ national park in the central province of Bamiyan. This was reported by the BBC media in a report.
According to the report, former Afghan MP Maryam Solaimankhil shared a poem she wrote on social media about the sanctions imposed by the Taliban. “We will be back, I’m sure,” he wrote. International human rights organization Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) official Fereshta Abbasi said that on Women’s Equality Day, women were banned from going to the park.
The move is “absolutely disrespectful to the women of Afghanistan. Head of the Bamiyan Shia Ulema Council, Nasrullah Waizei, said there have been complaints of people not wearing the hijab and wearing it illegally. But they are not residents of Bamiyan. They came here from other areas. “Band-e-Amir” Park is one of the tourist centers of Afghanistan. In 2009, the park became Afghanistan’s first national park. Many people visit this park with their families.
Now they will be deprived of this opportunity due to the ban on women. Such restrictions on women are not new in Afghanistan. The Taliban recently announced a ban on higher education for women in colleges and universities in Afghanistan. They have also ordered the closure of beauty parlors in the country.
