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

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

Printed: 07 May ,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 girls to wear the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on women’s lives since the Taliban seized power.

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

“Those girls who should not too outdated or younger must cover their face, besides the eyes, as per sharia directives, with a purpose to keep away from provocation when meeting men who should not mahram (grownup close male family members),” the decree mentioned.

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

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