Taliban Say Burqa Not Mandatory For Women, Hijab Is

Doha: Taliban gave the first indication on Tuesday since power so they would not make the compulsory full burqa for women as they did when they last ruled Afghanistan.
Under the rules of hardline 1996-2001 terrorists, female schools are closed, women are prevented from traveling and working, and women are forced to wear a thorough burqa in public.

“Burqa is not the only headscarf (hijab) observed, there are various types of hijabs that are not limited to the burqa,” Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the political office group in Doha, told Sky News Britain.

Burqa is a one-piece release that covers the entire head and body, with a panel mesh to see.

Shaheen does not determine other hijab types that will be considered acceptable by the Taliban.

Along with the worries centered on clothing, many countries and rights groups have increased the alarm for the fate of women’s education in Afghanistan now that it is in the hands of hardline militants who entered the capital of Kabul on Sunday.

But Shaheen also tried to guarantee this topic.

Women “can get education from basic education to higher education – it means university. We have announced this policy at the International Conference, Moscow Conference and here at the Doha Conference (in Afghanistan),” Shaheen said.

Thousands of schools in the area captured by the Taliban are still operational, he added.

The Taliban government previously imposed the most stringent interpretation of Sharia, establishing a religious police for the oppression of “representatives”.

The Taliban court distributed extreme punishment including cutting the thief’s hand and stoned until the death of a woman accused of adultery.