According to some reports, the Taliban in Herat and some other provinces have issued verbal and unofficial orders not to allow women to drive.
the Herat Traffic Manager says that the Taliban officials have ordered that no more driving licenses be issued to women.
local sources also report that the Taliban have warned driving instructors and training institutions, saying that no institution has the authority to grant driving licenses to women.
The Taliban’s chief of cultural affairs in Herat, Naeem Al-Haq Haqqani, however, dismissed the suspension of women’s driving permits as a rumor, adding, “No formal order has been given by top officials in this regard.”
despite all the challenges in Afghanistan, Previously, Women used to be more or less seen behind the cars’ steering wheels; however, since the Taliban took power, harsh restrictions have been imposed on women which are preventing them from deriving.
women were granted the right to drive for the first time in Afghanistan during the rule of the People’s Party. for Kabul municipal transportation, there were 150 electric buses, the majority of which were driven by women.
Previous Afghan governments had no limitations imposed on women driving and piloting. Infect there were many prominent female pilots who were working in Afghanistan. Khatul Mohammadzai (1998), Niloufar Rahmani (2012), Marzieh, and Safia were the most well-known Afghan female pilots (2020)
