Afghan women speak to BBC after five years of Taliban rule

A timeline of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girlspublished at 04:38 BST

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As a reminder, here’s a timeline of how the Taliban has tightened restrictions on women and girls over the past five years:

September 2021: Secondary schools reopened for boys not girls.

December 2021: Women traveling long distances must be escorted by male relative.

May 2022: Women ordered to be covered from head to toe, only eyes visible.

November 2022: Women barred from parks, gyms, swimming pools, public baths.

December 2022: Women barred from university.

July 2023: Beauty salons closed.

August 2024: New law barring women from raising voices in public.

December 2024: Women banned from midwife and nursing training.

December 2024: Taliban bars all NGOs from employing Afghan women.

September 2025: Afghan women banned from visiting UN headquarters.

May 2026: Law codified implying legal approval for child marriage, says silence of minor girl can be treated as consent to marriage.