Kabul (AFP), May 7 – The Taliban on Saturday imposed some of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan’s women since seizing power, ordering them to cover fully — including their faces — in public, ideally with the traditional burqa. It was the latest in a slew of Taliban restrictions on women, including banning them from any government jobs, secondary education and travelling alone outside their cities, and prompted widespread international condemnation. So much hatred & anger against Taliban, enemies of women, enforcers of gender apartheid, enemies of Afghanistan & humanity. Women working in government institutions who did not follow the order “should be fired”, the ministry added. During their first regime, the Taliban made the burqa compulsory for women.

Source: Daily Nation May 08, 2022 09:38 UTC