Taliban chief orders ladies to wear 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)

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Afghanistan’s supreme chief and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the nation’s ladies 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 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 old or younger must 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 close male kinfolk),” the decree stated.

It added that if women had no essential work outdoors it was “better they stay at dwelling.”

During their first regime between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban imposed similar restrictions on girls.