Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group's supreme leader. It is an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public that is drawing a backlash. The ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa, which became a global symbol.

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South Asia News: The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group's supreme leader, an escalation of growing res

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Any woman refusing to comply with the new decree could see a male guardian jailed for three days.

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Taliban to force Afghan women to wear face veil

Taliban pointed out that the ideal face covering was the all-encompassing blue burqa

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Taliban order Afghan women to wear all-covering burqa in public

The Taliban on Saturday imposed one of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan's women since seizing power, ordering them to wear the all-covering burqa in public.

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Taliban orders all women to cover face in public in latest decree

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public -- a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound to further complicate Taliban dealings with an already distrustful international community.

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Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public. The acting minister for the Taliban's Vice and Virtue Ministry says the move reflects the importance of Islamic principles.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public — a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound to further complicate Taliban dealings with an already distrustful international community. 

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Afghanistan's supreme leader and Taliban chief on Saturday ordered the country's women to wear the all-covering burqa in public -- one of the harshest controls imposed on women's lives since the hardline Islamists seized power.

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"Sharia Directives": Taliban Order Afghan Women To Cover Fully In Public

Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.

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Taliban announce women must cover faces in public, say burqa is best

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