Taliban chief orders ladies to wear all-covering burqa in public: Decree

A girl sits with ladies wearing burqas outdoors a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. (File photograph: Reuters)

Published: 07 Might ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Updated: 07 Could ,2022: 12:53 PM GST

Afghanistan’s supreme chief and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the nation’s ladies to wear the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on women’s lives since the Taliban seized power.

“They should put on a chadori (head-to-toe burqa) as it's traditional and respectful,” mentioned a decree issued by Hibatullah Akhundzada that was released by Taliban authorities at a operate in Kabul.

“Those girls who are usually not too old or younger should cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, with a view to avoid provocation when assembly males who are not mahram (adult close male kinfolk),” the decree said.

It added that if ladies had no necessary work outdoors it was “higher they stay at house.”

Throughout their first regime between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban imposed similar restrictions on ladies.