Taliban leader orders girls to put on all-covering burqa in public: Decree

A lady sits with girls carrying burqas outside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. (File photograph: Reuters)

Published: 07 May ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Up to date: 07 Could ,2022: 12:53 PM GST

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country’s ladies to put on the all-covering burqa in public - one of the harshest controls imposed on women’s lives for the reason that Taliban seized energy.

“They should wear a chadori (head-to-toe burqa) as it is conventional and respectful,” stated a decree issued by Hibatullah Akhundzada that was released by Taliban authorities at a operate in Kabul.

“These ladies who aren't too outdated or young should cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, in order to keep away from provocation when assembly men who will not be mahram (adult close male kinfolk),” the decree mentioned.

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

During their first regime between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban imposed similar restrictions on girls.