The Afghan Taliban have displayed posters on many cafes, shops and advertising hoardings across Kandahar, showing images of burkas and saying that Muslim women who do not wear hijab are ‘trying to look like animals’.
The poster put up by the Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice also say that wearing short, tight and transparent clothes is against Akhundzada’s decree.
Abdul Rahman Tayebi, the head of the ministry told a news agency that “we have put up these posters and those women whose faces are not covered (in public) we will inform their families and take steps according to the decree.”
Akhundzada’s decree orders authorities to warn and even suspend from government jobs male relatives of women who do not comply.
Earlier on Wednesday, United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet had criticised the Taliban government for its “institutionalised systematic oppression” of women. “Their situation is critical,” she had said.
It is pertinent to mention that after returning to power, the Taliban had promised a softer version of their previous harsh system of governance, enforced from 1996 to 2001. But since August last year, many restrictions have been imposed on women.
The poster put up by the Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice also say that wearing short, tight and transparent clothes is against Akhundzada’s decree.
Abdul Rahman Tayebi, the head of the ministry told a news agency that “we have put up these posters and those women whose faces are not covered (in public) we will inform their families and take steps according to the decree.”
Akhundzada’s decree orders authorities to warn and even suspend from government jobs male relatives of women who do not comply.
Earlier on Wednesday, United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet had criticised the Taliban government for its “institutionalised systematic oppression” of women. “Their situation is critical,” she had said.
It is pertinent to mention that after returning to power, the Taliban had promised a softer version of their previous harsh system of governance, enforced from 1996 to 2001. But since August last year, many restrictions have been imposed on women.