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 May ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Up to date: 07 Could ,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 the harshest controls imposed on women’s lives because 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“Those girls who aren't too outdated or younger must cowl their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, with a purpose to keep away from provocation when assembly males who usually are not mahram (grownup shut male relations),” the decree said.

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

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