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

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

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

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the nation’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'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 aren't too previous or young must cover their face, besides the eyes, as per sharia directives, with a view to keep away from provocation when meeting males who are usually not mahram (adult shut male kinfolk),” the decree stated.

It added that if women had no important work exterior it was “higher they stay at residence.”

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