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

A lady sits with ladies sporting burqas outdoors a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. (File photo: Reuters)

Published: 07 May ,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 ladies to put on the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on women’s lives because the Taliban seized power.

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

“Those ladies who are not too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, with the intention to avoid provocation when meeting men who usually are not mahram (adult shut male family),” the decree mentioned.

It added that if women had no vital work outside it was “higher they stay at home.”

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