Fact Check: Old pic of women mourning during Muharram viral as Afghan women in chains under Taliban 

A picture of a group of burqa-clad women is circulating on social media with the claim that the Islamist militia has asked government officials in Afghanistan to “submit” their wives to them. India Today has found this claim to be misleading.

Amid reports of Taliban clamping down on women’s rights, a picture of a group of burqa-clad women, chained and walking in a line, is circulating on social media with the claim that the Islamist militia has asked government officials in Afghanistan to “submit” their wives to them. The archived version of the post can be seen here.