Ban on helping women: rescuers only helped men during the earthquake (4 photos)

In Afghanistan, after the recent earthquake that claimed thousands of lives, strict rules have come back to haunt them.





The ban on touching a woman unless she is a relative has become a real trap for the victims. The case is not easy, and while the rescuers were busy, many found themselves in trouble.

According to preliminary information, the death toll from the earthquake in Afghanistan has now exceeded 2,200.



With the arrival of the Taliban, strict customs have returned: skin-to-skin contact between unfamiliar men and women is prohibited. And here is the result: rescuers, although they were eager to help, could not touch the women stuck under the rubble. Some remained there, others were pulled out, but there was no one to treat their wounds. The situation is strange, to put it mildly, and not everyone will believe that it is true.





The New York Times is making a fuss about this, but we know how Western newspapers sometimes like to embellish. Their standards are high, no doubt, but their accuracy is sometimes lame.



The death toll stands at 2,204, with about 4,000 injured, Kunar Province Governor Qudratullah Abu Hamza said. Earlier, Joy Singhal, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies delegation in Afghanistan, said the death toll would continue to rise, with ground tremors causing additional destruction of roads and landslides, making rescue efforts more difficult.