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

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

Revealed: 07 Could ,2022: 11:58 AM GST Updated: 07 Could ,2022: 12:53 PM GST

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country’s ladies to wear the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on ladies’s lives for the reason that Taliban seized energy.

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

“Those ladies who aren't too previous or younger must cowl their face, besides the eyes, as per sharia directives, with a view to keep away from provocation when meeting males who should not mahram (grownup close male relatives),” the decree said.

It added that if ladies had no essential work outdoors it was “higher they keep at home.”

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