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

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

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

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

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

“These ladies who are not too previous or young must cowl their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, to be able to avoid provocation when meeting males who should not mahram (adult shut male family),” the decree stated.

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

During their first regime between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban imposed related restrictions on ladies.