The new religious code issued late last month bans women from raising their voices, reciting the Quran in public, and looking at men other than their husbands or relatives.
Afghan women, speaking in phone interviews over the past week, pointed to mounting signs of a crackdown in urban areas, where rules had been less rigorously enforced.
Officers are roaming bus stops and shopping centers searching for dress-code violations or any women who might laugh or raise their voices.
While girls were banned from going to school above sixth grade and women barred from universities soon after the Taliban took power, many families now refuse to let their daughters participate in English classes.
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