Taliban impose ‘mahram card’ requirement for female employees in Kandahar

Taliban impose ‘mahram card’ requirement for female employees in Kandahar

Taliban have introduced a new mandate requiring female employees in the southern province of Kandahar to obtain official documentation identifying a male guardian, or mahram, who must accompany them to their workplace, according to local sources. The policy, implemented in Kandahar by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, stipulates that women working in both public and private sectors must carry a “mahram ca…