The friends were warned their clothing was "in conflict with Afghan and Islamic values", a Taliban spokesman told the BBC.
Both sides accuse the other of starting the overnight fighting and breaching a fragile ceasefire agreed in October.
The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan ordered female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burka – a full Islamic veil - to enter public health facilities in the western city of Herat, medical ...
Women in the Afghan city of Herat have been told to wear a burqa, a full Islamic veil that covers the entire body and face, if they want to enter public health facilities, according to Médecins Sans ...