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The Taliban Has Now Banned Women In Afghanistan From Hearing Each Other's Voices

This comes after the Taliban already banned women in Afghanistan from speaking aloud in public.

Isha Jain

Isha Jain

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The Taliban Has Now Banned Women In Afghanistan From Hearing Each Other's Voices
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The Taliban has now banned women in Afghanistan from hearing each other's voices.

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Afghan burqa-clad women walk along a street. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)

Just a few months ago, the Taliban already banned women in Afghanistan from speaking aloud in public.

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A woman radio presenter reads the news during a broadcast in a photo from 2020. (Photo credit: Getty)

Under the latest law, women are specifically banned from reciting the Quran aloud for other women to hear.

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Afghan refugees pray with other women for the safety of friends and relatives back in Afghanistan. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images)

Afghanistan’s morality minister announced on Monday, Oct. 27, that when a woman prays and another woman passes by, "she must not pray loudly enough for them to hear.”

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Afghan burqa-clad women waiting to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by FARSHAD USYAN / AFP)

The Taliban considers women’s voices “awrah”, meaning it is considered private and is indecent to be heard in public.

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Afghan burqa-clad women sit as they wait to receive cash money from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). (Photo by MOHAMMAD FAISAL NAWEED/AFP via Getty Images)

It is unclear if this new law also restricts general conversations between women.

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Women sit in a park for picnic. (Photo credit: Getty)

Women who break this rule will be jailed, according to the Telegraph.

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Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

Human rights groups say  the ban will further isolate women in society and will stop them from being able to engage in conversations.

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Afghan burqa-clad women walk past a Taliban security personnel along a street. (Photo by SHAFIULLAH KAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Ever since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, it has rolled back decades of women's rights, including banning girls and women from going to school, working, going out on their own, and speaking or singing in public.

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Afghan women walk after praying at the Sakhi holy shrine. (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)

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