‘No perfume, no attractive clothes, boots shouldn’t make sound’: Taliban sets conditions for Afghan women

“[There are] some special conditions that exist only for women. One is that the colour of their dress should not be very attractive. So that it does not attract people’s attention,” said a member of the Taliban on Afghanistan’s TOLO News, as per the subtitles of a video being circulated on social media.

The Taliban member further says, “The second condition for women is that she should not smell good and should not use perfume when she leaves her home.”

“The third condition is she should not wear long boots and that the boots should not make a sound,” read the subtitles.

“Wearing long boots that make sound seems like an announcement,” he said.

“I have said this every time, everywhere, the sound that a boot makes, what does that mean?”

“The sound is an announcement for young men by the women. Hey young men, wake up, we just left the house with make-up. You are sleeping and are not looking at us,” he added.

“It is a kind of announcements and these sort of boots are made to incite young men towards bad actions by women.”