Taliban bar women under 40 from Afghan-Uzbek border market, traders say

Taliban bar women under 40 from Afghan-Uzbek border market, traders say

Local residents and shop owners report that the Taliban’s “morality police” have recently barred women under the age of 40 from entering the shared market at the Afghan-Uzbek border in Termez. The restriction, they say, has sharply reduced customer traffic and disrupted cross-border economic activity. “In the past, families — women included — made up the bulk of our customers,” said one Afghan trader. “Now that young women are banned, our sales …