The Taliban has now implemented a new measure banning women in Afghanistan from hearing one another during prayers, further restricting their freedom. As stated on Amu TV , a Virginia-based Afghan news channel, the order was given by Mohammad Khalid Hanafi—the Taliban minister of the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice. Highlights Taliban bans Afghan women from hearing each other's voices during prayers. Hanafi labels women's voices as 'awrah', which is not to be heard by others.