[Dawn] "MUSLIM women are not worried," according to a spokesperson of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. This characterisation of Moslem women’s feelings stems from the new rules issued by the Taliban
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regime on Saturday mandating a face covering for all Afghan women. Afghan women must now wear the burqa that covers them entirely, with only their eyes exposed, or they can wear an abaya, along with a hijab, and a face veil.
| The Taliban’s latest edict on the burqa could be a last-ditch effort to create a controversy and get some international attention. |
Warnings will be issued to the male guardians of those who do not comply, after which they could face jail time if their women relations still refuse to submit to the Taliban’s diktat. Women babus government employees not wearing the face covering would be sacked, while male employees with women family members who defied the injunction would be suspended from their jobs, if they actually have one. |