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

A woman sits with girls wearing burqas outdoors a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. (File picture: Reuters)

Printed: 07 Might ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Updated: 07 May ,2022: 12:53 PM GST

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country’s women to put on the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on ladies’s lives because the 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 operate in Kabul.

“These women who are usually not too previous or young must cover their face, besides the eyes, as per sharia directives, to be able to avoid provocation when meeting men who aren't mahram (adult close male relatives),” the decree said.

It added that if women had no vital work outdoors it was “better they keep at residence.”

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