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

A girl sits with women sporting burqas exterior a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021. (File photo: Reuters)

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

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

“These women who aren't too outdated or younger should cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, to be able to keep away from provocation when assembly males who will not be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

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

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