Islamabad: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were travelling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said. The officials said dozens of women who arrived at Kabul’s international airport to board domestic and international flights were told they couldn’t do so without a male guardian.
Some of the women were dual nationals returning to their homes overseas, including some from Canada, according to one of the officials. Women were denied boarding on flights to Islamabad, Dubai and Turkey on Kam Air and the state-owned Ariana Airline, said the officials. The order came from the Taliban leadership, said one official.
Last week, some of the women were given permission to board an Ariana Airlines flight to western Herat province, the official said. But, by the time the permission was granted they had missed their flight, he said. The airport’s president and police chief, both from the Taliban movement, were meeting with airline officials. “They are trying to solve it,” the official said. Taliban officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Islamabad: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were travelling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said. The officials said dozens of women who arrived at Kabul’s international airport to board domestic and international flights were told they couldn’t do so without a male guardian.
