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

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

Published: 07 Could ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Up to date: 07 Might ,2022: 12:53 PM GST

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the nation’s women to put on the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on women’s lives since the Taliban seized energy.

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

“These ladies who will not be too previous or young should cover their face, besides the eyes, as per sharia directives, to be able to keep away from provocation when assembly males who usually are not mahram (grownup close male kin),” the decree mentioned.

It added that if girls had no important work outside it was “higher they keep at residence.”

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