The Taliban have banned women from appearing in TV dramas in the latest restrictions on women

• The Taliban have banned women from appearing in television dramas.
• Female journalists were also ordered to wear headscarves on the screen, the BBC reported.

The Taliban have banned women from appearing in television dramas in its latest measure curbing individual freedoms in Afghanistan, the BBC reported on Sunday.

The ban is the lastest in a series of restrictions targeting the country's television and movie industry, the report said.

Also banned in the restrictions are movies that are seemingly against the Taliban's interpretation of Sharia law, which the militant group uses to enforce strict guidelines on dress codes and to prevent women from getting an education.

Footage of men exposing their "intimate" body parts is also banned, the report said, as well as foreign movies that promote external cultural norms.

Entertainment and comedy shows that insult religion are barred as well, the report said, and female journalists have been ordered to wear headscarves on television.

Since the collapse of Afghanistan's government in mid-August, the Taliban's return to power has seen Afghan women stripped of many of the freedoms they have had since the militant group was first ousted from power 20 years ago.

The Taliban have tried to put on a more moderate face, but their actions have been met with deep skepticism and scrutiny, as hundreds of thousands of girls have not been able to return to school and women's involvement in the workforce has been significantly reduced.

Earlier this month, all 24 women senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to do more to protect Afghan women and girls, Insider's John Haltiwanger reported.