Taliban minister for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Mohammad Khalid Hanafi speaks during a ceremony to announce the decree for Afghan women's dress code in Kabul on May 7, 2022.

The country’s Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Khalid Hanafi, announced the new edict on female behavior. Per-Anders Pettersson “The world has abandoned us.

Khalid Hanafi, acting minister of the Vice and Virtue Ministry, made the announcement over a voice message posted to the ministry’s social media pages, though it has since been taken down ...

The Telegraph reports that Taliban official Khalid Hanafi announced the new measure, the specifics of which remain unclear.

Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice, declared that women must refrain from reciting the Quran aloud in the presence of other women ...

Women, says Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s minister for the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice, “are not even permitted to hear [each other’s] voices while praying”.

In a voice message broadcasted Monday, minister Khalid Hanafi said: "When women are not permitted to call takbir or athan (Islamic call to prayer), they certainly cannot sing songs or [make] music ...

During an event in eastern Logar province on Sunday, Vice and Virtue Minister Khalid Hanafi said: “It is prohibited for a grown woman to recite Quranic verses or perform recitations in front of ...

As stated in Amu TV, a Virginia-based Afghan news channel, the order was given by Mohammad Khalid Hanafi — Taliban minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice.

Taliban minister Khalid Hanafi said: “God will be helping us in each step we take” - AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Armed Taliban security personnel ride motorcycles during a street ...