Afghan Women Ordered To Cover Faces In Public

The Taliban has issued another decree imposing further restrictions on Afghan women, and criminalising their clothing. <br />The Taliban’s recently reinstated Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced that it is required for all respectable Afghan women to wear a hijab or headscarf. <br />The ministry statement says any garment covering the body of a woman is considered a hijab, provided that it is not too tight to represent the body parts nor is it thin enough to reveal the body.