The Afghan Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to close their faces in public, to return to the signing policy of their previous strict law and to increase the tensions that create tensions at home and abroad.
A law from the party’s top leader, HaibatullahAkhundzada, stated that if a woman did not cover her face outside the home, her father or a close relative would visit her and face charges of imprisonment or dismissal. We ask the world to work with the Islamic Emirate and the people of Afghanistan … Don’t worry. “Do not bring more pressure, because history is a witness, the people of Afghanistan will not be affected by the pressure,” Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the minister of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice vice president, told a news conference.
The appropriate face mask was an all-encompassing blue burqa, the group said, referring to the dress that was a must for women in society during the previous Taliban regime 1996-2001. Most women in Afghanistan wear handkerchiefs for religious reasons but many in urban areas like Kabul do not cover their faces. The Taliban have faced growing criticism from Western governments, but also from Islamic and Muslim theologians, for undermining women’s rights to include and close girls’ high schools.
The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a statement on Saturday said it would seek immediate meetings with the Taliban on the issue, adding that it would negotiate with the rest of the world about the consequences of the decision. “UNAMA is deeply concerned about the current announcement by the Taliban de facto authorities … this decision contradicts many assurances about the observance and protection of all the rights of the Afghan people,” the statement said.
The United States and others have already cut off development aid and approved the banking system since the group took office in August, pushing Afghanistan into economic collapse. The Taliban says it has changed since its last law, but in recent months has added regulations that limit the movement of women without a male guardian and prevent men and women from visiting parks together.”It disrupts women’s privacy,” Kabul-based women’s rights lawyer MahboubaSeraj said in a statement on Saturday. “Today we have many other problems, such as suicide attacks, poverty … People are dying every day, our girls can’t go to school, women can’t work … But they just think and speak and make rules hijab (Islamic dress for women).”
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