INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including international flights,
because they were traveling without a male chaperone, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday.The Associated Press reported that the
officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity said dozens of women who arrived at Kabul&s international airport on 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 prevented from boarding flights to Islamabad, Dubai
and Turkey on Kam Air and the state-owned Ariana Airline, said the officials.The order came from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)
leadership, said one official.By Saturday, some women traveling alone were given permission to board an Ariana Airlines flight to western
Herat province, the official said
However, by the time the permission was granted they had missed their flight, he said.The airport&s president and police chief, both from
the IEA and both Islamic clerics, were meeting Saturday with airline officials, AP reported.The post IEA blocks unaccompanied women from
flights first appeared on Ariana News.
