Four months after the seizure of power in Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban (a movement recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation) is gradually tightening control over various spheres of public life.

Afghan drivers are now prohibited from listening to music while driving. This is stated in the message of the ministry for the preservation of virtue and suppression of vice of Afghanistan, which was announced on Sunday.

Women in Afghanistan are also denied a number of rights. They are allowed to ride in the car only in the hijab. How exactly this should look is not explained. However, as a rule, the Taliban understand by this not only the covering of the hair and neck, but also the cape from head to toe, says the German edition Tagesschau.

In addition, drivers are advised not to bring women who wish to travel more than 45 miles (approximately 72 kilometers) without a male escort. The letter, which was also circulated on social media, encouraged motorists, among other things, to take prayer breaks. And they have to start growing beards.

The Taliban are also tightening their course towards restructuring the political system in the country. Radical Islamists have dismissed the independent electoral commission and the electoral complaints commission. According to Bilal Karimi, a spokesman for the Taliban government, there is no need for these bodies. He also said that the Ministries of Peace and Parliamentary Affairs have recently been abolished.

The Election Commission, established in 2006, organized and monitored the presidential and other elections in Afghanistan.

Former Afghan government official Halim Fidai condemned the dissolution of the commissions. The decision shows that the Taliban "do not believe in democracy." The former governor accused the radical Islamists of consolidating their power "with bullets, not through elections."

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