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

A lady sits with ladies carrying burqas outside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. (File photograph: Reuters)

Revealed: 07 May ,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 ladies to put on the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on women’s lives for the reason that Taliban seized energy.

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

“Those girls who are usually not too previous or young should cowl their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, with the intention to keep away from provocation when meeting males who are usually not mahram (adult shut male family),” the decree mentioned.

It added that if ladies had no essential work outdoors it was “higher they stay at home.”

Throughout their first regime between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban imposed similar restrictions on ladies.