The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Taliban has begun enforcing a ban on women entering healthcare facilities unless they comply with their order to dress in a burqa, a full Islamic veil, in the city of Herat, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced earlier this month.

The restriction on female patients and staff came into effect on November 5, causing a temporary drop in hospital admissions. 

‘[This] may partly be because some women have managed to return to the hospital after obtaining a burqa,’ Sarah Chateau, the agency’s program manager in Afghanistan, told the BBC. ‘However, we remain concerned [this] could further limit women’s access to healthcare.’

While the Taliban denied the claim, Chateau said she worried about the impact it would have in emergency situations, where women would not have time to dress in a burqa due to a medical emergency…”