Sources say Taliban block women without male guardians from joint border market

Sources say Taliban block women without male guardians from joint border market

Taliban are preventing women they deem to be travelling without a male guardian from entering a joint market between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, local sources in northern Balkh province said. Residents of the border town of Hairatan said Taliban officials have stopped women described as travelling “without a mahram” from crossing into the market, which serves visitors from Afghanistan and several Central Asian countries. The sources said Taliban…