Taliban ban Afghan women from praying in mosques

Officials from the Afghan government formed by the radical Taliban movement have banned women from going to mosques to perform collective prayers, according to the Etilaatroz newspaper, Report informs via TASS.

According to sources in Herat province, information about the new restrictions was conveyed to the population orally, through imams.

From now on, women are also no longer allowed to attend Friday prayers in mosques, although previously separate rooms were set up for them there.