Taliban orders Afghan women to cover their faces in public
Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered the country’s women to cover their faces in public one of the harshest restrictions imposed on them since the Taliban seized power last year and an escalation of growing restrictions on women that is drawing a backlash from the international community and many Afghans. They should wear a chador head-to-toe burqa as it is traditional and respectful, said a decree issued by Taliban chief Haibatullah Akhunzada that was released by authorities at a fu