The Taliban in Herat city have banned the presence of women in the "Friday Bazaar"Local sources in Herat city say that the Taliban's forces have banned women from entering the "Friday Bazaar" located on the 64-meter road in the city. Rukhshana: At least two local sources in Herat city told Rukhshana Media that the restriction was imposed two weeks ago. According to sources, the Taliban have banned their passage through the 64-meter bazaar under the pretext of "the presence of unbridled men among women." Sources added that the Taliban's decision has caused a large number of women who used to go to this market to shop or have fun on Fridays to be deprived of this opportunity. One source said that he used to go to the market with his mother and sister every week to buy the items he needed, but he has never seen anything "immoral or un-Islamic" in the market.He considered the Taliban's decision as part of the "policy of excluding women from society" and said, "They [the Taliban] say that the presence of women causes corruption, but why don't they prevent the presence of men in this market? Why do the Taliban only oppress women?" Another source in Herat city said that he had gone to Juma Bazaar last Friday to shop on the 64-meter road, but due to the large presence of the Taliban's forces for virtue, he did not even dare to get out of the car. "The Taliban had closed all the auction shops, and no woman had the right to pass [through it]," she said. In recent years, the 64-square-meter market in Herat city has become a place for women to buy household items, clothes and second-hand goods at low prices, especially during Friday Bazaar, when vendors open their goods for sale on a weekly basis, and there is a large crowd of female customers to buy clothes, household items and street food. The Taliban's forces in Herat had also "prevented women and girls in mantles from moving on the road to the auctions" of the city this spring.

This entry documents the prohibition of women’s access to the “Friday Bazaar” in Herat by Taliban authorities. The restriction reflects the exclusion of women from public and commercial spaces under morality-based justifications, limiting their freedom of movement and participation in everyday economic and social life.