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

A woman sits with girls sporting burqas exterior a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. (File photo: Reuters)

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

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

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

“These girls who will not be too outdated or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, with the intention to keep away from provocation when meeting men who are usually not mahram (grownup close male family members),” the decree said.

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

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