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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Zahra Joya and Rukhshana reporters in Kabul

Afghanistan face veil decree: ‘I’ve lost the right to choose my clothes’

A mural on a wall in Kabul bearing a face veil pronouncement
A mural on a wall in Kabul bearing a face veil pronouncement. Photograph: EPA

Despite everything that has happened to her country since the Taliban seized power last August, 29-year old Nafisa still never believed there would come a day when she would be unable to feel the sun on her face as she walked the streets of Kabul.

Yet on Saturday, the Taliban’s sinisterly named ministry for the propagation of virtue ordered that Nafisa, along with millions of women across Afghanistan, should ideally not leave the house at all. If they do, they must be fully veiled and never show their faces in public.

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