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

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

Printed: 07 Might ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Updated: 07 Might ,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 the harshest controls imposed on ladies’s lives for the reason that Taliban seized energy.

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

“Those girls who will not be too old or young should cowl their face, besides the eyes, as per sharia directives, with a view to keep away from provocation when meeting men who are not mahram (adult shut male kinfolk),” the decree mentioned.

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

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