NEW YORK: UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned the detention by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan of dozens of women for alleged dress code violations and expressed alarm over the use of force against protesters demonstrating against the arrests. The experts said they were “deeply concerned” by reports that Taliban authorities detained dozens of women in Herat in western Afghanistan on June 6-7 for allegedly violating restrictions on women’s attire, including requirements to wear a burka or chador with a face covering and a ban on perfume.

A crackdown by Afghan authorities on demonstrators in western Afghanistan has left at least three people injured, eyewitnesses say.

KABUL: Afghan security officials dispersed a women’s rights protest in the western province of Herat on Tuesday after residents said Taliban morality police detained women…