Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan

Minister says women visiting the lakes of Band-e-Amir have not been wearing their hijabs properly

The Taliban have banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan's most popular national parks, adding to a long list of restrictions aimed at shrinking women's access to public places.

Thousands of people visit Band-e-Amir national park each year, taking in its stunning landscape of sapphire-blue lakes and towering cliffs in the country's central Bamiyan province.