Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Afghan women defiant but feel ‘imprisoned’ by order to cover faces

Taliban

Women in Afghanistan reacted angrily on Sunday when the Taliban issued a decree asking women to cover themselves completely in public, including their faces, or stay home, claiming that the policy would essentially cage them. Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada approved the order on Saturday in a move that threatens to push … Read more

Taliban order Afghan women to cover fully in public

Taliban

The Taliban imposed some of the tightest restrictions on Afghan women since seizing control on Saturday, requiring them to cover themselves completely in public, preferably with the customary burqa. The militants took back control of the country in August last year, promising a softer rule than their previous stint in power between 1996 and 2001, … Read more