Taliban also persecute men who don’t dress the way they want: they beat up a group of friends for wearing jeans

Among the new rules imposed by the Taliban after taking power, there are rules for men and women on what to wear, which worries the Afghans who have not managed to escape the new regime.

A group of young people denounced who were beaten by Taliban militiamen who accuse them of wearing jeans on the public highway, which goes against the dress rules imposed. For extremists, it is a crime.

According to British media outlet Telegraph, a new government official ensured that even the regime decided on the dress code for men, but there are more and more complaints of this type.

In a widely shared Facebook post, a young man said he was walking with friends in Kabul when they encountered a group of Taliban soldiers who They have been accused of disrespecting Islam.

Two of the friends managed to escape, the young man said, but the others were beaten, whipped in the neck and threatened at gunpoint.

Etilaatroz newspaper reported this weekend that one of its journalists was also beaten for not wearing “Afghan clothing”, such as long dresses. There have been other reports of youth being targeted for wearing T-shirts and jeans.

The incidents have heightened concern that little has changed among the Taliban since the late 1990s, when it was common for not wearing religious clothing to lead to being beaten or even killed.

During the first period of his control over Afghanistan, which ended with the US invasion of 2001, the Taliban were known for their misogyny, religious extremism and brutal punishments.

Women who broke Taliban rules, inspired by sweeping interpretations of harsh laws through Sharia law, were routinely beaten or executed.

They were obliged to wear the burqa from the age of eight, with prohibitions on working, studying or leaving home without being accompanied by a man.

In Kandahar, a city in southern Afghanistan, women who painted their fingernails could have their toes cut and were prohibited from wearing heels because “No stranger should hear a woman’s footsteps.”

After the Taliban took control again, the price of the burqa doubled due to demand and fear.

But on the other hand, the leaders of the extremist movement have tried to present themselves to the West as a more moderate group.

They claim, that they will respect women and do not want them to become “victims” of Islamic law. However, there have been numerous reports in which women have been ordered to quit their jobs and send a male relative to replace her.

On Sunday, Aisha Khurram, former youth representative to the United Nations, said that the Taliban had summoned Afghan officials to their offices, just to fire all the women.

“The Taliban asked officials in Kabul to return to their offices, but when they all arrived, they fired the women, justifying themselves as a security situation where women would be in danger,” wrote on Twitter.

“They did the same for five years during their reign in the 1990s and the security situation continued to justify the erasure of women from society. What could be different this time around? “

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