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‘I will not wear the burqa’: Some Afghan women defy Taliban edict

The Taliban on May 7, 2022 issued an edict ordering women to cover their faces in public. But a few Afghan women have vowed to defy the order © FRANCE 24 screengrab

The Taliban earlier this month issued a decree urging women to stay home and ordering those who have to go out to cover their faces with a burqa. But a few brave Afghan women have vowed to defy the restrictive edict.

A day after the Taliban issued a decree on May 7 ordering women to fully cover their faces in public – ideally with the burqa – a group of women took to the streets of Kabul to protest the edict.

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