Taliban continues restrictions on Afghan women with decree mandating face coverings in public - ABC News

The ruling follows restrictions on education and travel for women and girls and a violation of the decree would see the woman's father or closest male relative imprisoned or fired from government jobs.

Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief has ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burka in public, in one of the harshest controls imposed on women since the Taliban seized powe… [+2769 chars]

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