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

A woman sits with ladies carrying 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 girls to put on the all-covering burqa in public - one of many 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 traditional and respectful,” said a decree issued by Hibatullah Akhundzada that was released by Taliban authorities at a perform in Kabul.

“These ladies who aren't too previous or younger should cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, as a way to avoid provocation when assembly men who are usually not mahram (adult close male family),” the decree said.

It added that if girls had no important work outdoors it was “higher they stay at dwelling.”

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