Taliban order women to be covered from head to toe

Published May 7, 2022 1:23pm ET



All women in Afghanistan must be covered head to toe in public, the country’s Taliban regime decreed Saturday in a move reminiscent of the group’s hard-line rule of the 1990s.

A woman’s father or closest male relative would be visited by authorities and could be imprisoned or fired from government positions if she refused to comply with the order, which also states it is best for women to stay in the home if they don’t have important work outside.

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