Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from Kabul parks- PublishedThe Taliban have banned women from visiting all parks in Kabul, excluding them still further from public life in Afghanistan.A spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry told the BBC those managing parks in the capital had been told not to allow women in."We've done this because in the past 15 months, despite our efforts, people have been going to the park and not respecting Sharia laws," Mohammed Akif, spokesman for the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, told the BBC.The ban on women extends to amusement parks that usually have rides like bumper cars or a ferris wheel, and where families visit together with their children."When a mother comes with their children, they must be allowed to enter the park, because these children haven't seen anything good... they must play and be entertained," said Masooma, who gave only her first name for security reasons."