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

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

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

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

“Those women who aren't too outdated or young should cover their face, besides the eyes, as per sharia directives, as a way to avoid provocation when meeting men who should not mahram (adult shut male family members),” the decree stated.

It added that if ladies had no necessary work outside it was “higher they keep at home.”

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