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

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

Published: 07 Might ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Updated: 07 Might ,2022: 12:53 PM GST

Afghanistan’s supreme chief and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the nation’s women to wear the all-covering burqa in public - one of the harshest controls imposed on women’s lives for the reason that Taliban seized power.

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

“Those women who will not be too old or younger should cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, as a way to keep away from provocation when assembly males who aren't mahram (adult shut male kinfolk),” the decree stated.

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

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