Taliban replace women's govt ministry

By Kathy Gannon
Updated September 18 2021 - 6:20pm, first published 6:17pm
Taliban leaders have created an all-male 'vice and virtue ministry', scrapping the women's ministry.
Taliban leaders have created an all-male 'vice and virtue ministry', scrapping the women's ministry.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have replaced the women's ministry with an all-male "vice and virtue ministry" tasked with enforcing the group's rigid interpretation of Islam.