[AlAhram] Afghanistan's Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the Taliban, said dozens of women who arrived at Kabul's international airport Friday to board domestic and international flights were told they couldn't do so without a male guardian.
Some of the women were dual nationals returning to their homes overseas, including some from Canada, according to one of the officials. Women were denied boarding on flights to Islamabad, Dubai and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
on Kam Air and the state-owned Ariana Airline, said the officials.
The order came from the Taliban leadership, said one official.
By Saturday, some women traveling alone were given permission to board an Ariana Airlines flight to western Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province, the official said. However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
by the time the permission was granted they had missed their flight, he said.
The airport's president and police chief, both from the Taliban movement and both Islamic holy mans, were meeting Saturday with airline officials.
It was still unclear whether the Taliban would exempt air travel from an order issued months ago requiring women traveling more than 45 miles (72 kilometers) to be accompanied by a male relative. Taliban officials contacted by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Since taking power last August, the Taliban leadership have been squabbling among themselves as they struggle to transition from war to governing. It has pit hard-liners _ like acting Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund, who is deeply rooted in the old guard _ against the more pragmatic among them, like Sirajuddin Haqqani
 ...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network....
. He took over leadership of the powerful Haqqani network
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
from his father Jalaluddin Haqanni. The elder Haqqani, who died several years ago, is from Akhund's generation, who ruled Afghanistan under the strict and unchallenged leadership of Mullah Mohammad Omar.
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