Afghan women deplore Taliban’s new order to cover faces in public

The Taliban have issued new decrees imposing further restrictions on Afghan women's clothing [File photo: Mohammad Shoib/Reuters]

The Taliban has issued yet another decree imposing further restrictions on Afghan women, and criminalising their clothing.

While the Taliban have always imposed restrictions to govern the bodies of Afghan women, the decree is the first for this regime where criminal punishment is assigned for violation of the dress code for women.