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

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

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

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the nation’s girls to put on the all-covering burqa in public - one of many harshest controls imposed on women’s lives because the Taliban seized energy.

“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 launched by Taliban authorities at a operate in Kabul.

“These girls who will not be too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, with the intention to keep away from provocation when meeting males who will not be mahram (adult close male kinfolk),” the decree mentioned.

It added that if women had no essential work exterior it was “better they keep at home.”

Throughout their first regime between 1996 and 2001, the Taliban imposed related restrictions on girls.