Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities ordered girls on Saturday to
cowl their faces in public, a return to a signature coverage of
their previous hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions which might be
inflicting anger at residence and overseas, Pattern studies citing Reuters.
A decree from the group’s supreme chief, Haibatullah
Akhundzada, mentioned that if a lady didn’t cowl her face outdoors
residence, her father or closest male family member could be visited and face
potential jail or firing from state jobs.
“We name on the world to co-operate with the Islamic Emirate and
individuals of Afghanistan … Don’t hassle us. Don’t deliver extra
stress, as a result of historical past is witness, Afghans gained’t be affected by
stress,” Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the minister for the Propagation
of Advantage and Prevention of Vice, instructed a information convention.
