Afghan women protest Taliban decree to cover faces


Members of the Powerful Women Movement take part in the protest against the Taliban's new edict that females must fully cover their faces and bodies when in public in Kabul today. – AFP pic, May 10, 2022.

ABOUT a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital today against the Taliban’s new edict that females must fully cover their faces and bodies when in public.

Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a mandate over the weekend ordering women to cover up fully, ideally with the traditional all-covering burqa.


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