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The Taliban has begun enforcing blanket bans on all forms of contraception in two of Afghanistan's two biggest cities, according to Afghan media, in the latest crackdown on women's rights.
Pharmacies and physicians in the capital Kabul and fourth largest city Mazar-e-Sharif confirmed to women-led Afghan outlet Rukhshana Media that Taliban officials have ordered them not to sell any contraceptives.
Sources living in several cities told Rukhshana that the Taliban has stopped importing contraceptives, and although they can still be bought in secret from private sellers, their price has skyrocketed as a result.
Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry has not released any statement on the issue, but a source told The Guardian they were informed by Taliban enforcers in Kabul that 'contraceptive use and family planning is a western agenda'.
'The midwife I always visit said the Taliban has told them not to inject contraceptives because it is haram (forbidden),' one woman told Rukhshana. 'When she said that it was haram, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When I went to buy tablets instead from outside, the price had doubled.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...raception-latest-womens-rights-crackdown.html
Pharmacies and physicians in the capital Kabul and fourth largest city Mazar-e-Sharif confirmed to women-led Afghan outlet Rukhshana Media that Taliban officials have ordered them not to sell any contraceptives.
Sources living in several cities told Rukhshana that the Taliban has stopped importing contraceptives, and although they can still be bought in secret from private sellers, their price has skyrocketed as a result.
Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry has not released any statement on the issue, but a source told The Guardian they were informed by Taliban enforcers in Kabul that 'contraceptive use and family planning is a western agenda'.
'The midwife I always visit said the Taliban has told them not to inject contraceptives because it is haram (forbidden),' one woman told Rukhshana. 'When she said that it was haram, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When I went to buy tablets instead from outside, the price had doubled.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...raception-latest-womens-rights-crackdown.html
