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Afghan women cannot be heard in public, even if it is to offer prayers, and have been banned from schools, workplaces, salons, gyms and national parks under the current Taliban rule. Arpan Rai reports

Taliban's extreme restrictions on Afghan women under sharia law raise concerns of gender persecution and potential crimes against humanity.

Women are now banned from hearing one another during prayers in Afghanistan. The post Afghan Women Banned From Hearing Each Other’s Voices Amid New Taliban Rule first appeared on Bored Panda.

Human rights activists warn that women could be banned from having conversations with one another after the Taliban declared that women's voices as "awrah."

A Taliban government minister says Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women

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Prohibition comes two months after the Taliban banned women’s voices in public spaces

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