Taliban Dress Code Increasingly Putting Women at Risk, Leading to Citizen Protests
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While Afghan women and girls are detained in the streets of Herat for their way of dressing, Europe is debating the possibility of receiving Taliban representatives in political and institutional spaces.This contradiction raises an uncomfortable but necessary question: how can a democracy open its doors to those who have turned discrimination against women into a state policy?The recent arrests of women in Herat of course "non-compliance" with t…
Taliban Dress Code Increasingly Putting Women at Risk, Leading to Citizen Protests
On June 11, 2026, the United Nations issued ‘grave concern’ for Afghan women as at least 30 women in Herat, Afghanistan, were arrested for violating the Taliban’s dress code the previous weekend. The arrests sparked protests in the city of Herat, which the UN reported was experiencing the “excessive use of force” by the Taliban, killing at least two individuals and injuring many others. Georgette Gagnon, who is the UN Deputy Special Representati…
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