Kabul: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Saturday ordered women to be covered in burqa from head to toe in public places. Along with this, the fear of human rights activists taking a hardline stand against the Taliban has been strengthened. This move will further complicate the process of dealing and the stance of the Taliban with the international community. This process is already stressful.
According to the Taliban’s order, women can only see their eyes and have been asked to wear a burqa that covers from head to toes. It is noteworthy that the Taliban had imposed similar strict restrictions on women in the previous regime of the year 1996-to 2001.
“We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety,” Taliban’s Minister of Ethics and Ethics Khalid Hanafi said.
The Taliban had earlier banned the education of girls after Class VI and launched efforts to appease the fundamentalists. This would further isolate him from the international community.
The decision has also hampered the Taliban’s efforts to gain recognition from potential international donors, at a time when Afghanistan is going through its worst humanitarian crisis.
In a statement, Sheer Mohamed, an official of the Ministry of Conduct and Ethics, said, “Hijab is a must for all respected women and the best hijab is the chadori (burqa covering from head to toe), which is part of our tradition, which is respected. is.”
He said, “Women who are not very old or children should cover their entire face except the eyes.”. “Islamic principles and Islamic ideology are more important to us than anything else,” Hanafi said.
It is noteworthy that US-led coalition forces toppled the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in 2001 because of the shelter for al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. However, the Taliban’s return to power last year came after the US left Afghanistan in an atmosphere of chaos.
The Taliban leadership has been fighting among themselves since the capture of power in Afghanistan in August last year. Within the Taliban, there is a tussle between hardliners and relatively moderates.
Many Afghans are outraged by the fact that younger generation Taliban leaders like Sirajuddin Haqqani are educating their daughters in Pakistan but have been targeting Afghan women and girls since coming to power.
Girls have been barred from going to school after class six in most parts of the country since the Taliban came to power. However, private schools and universities in the capital Kabul are functioning without a hitch.
