Taliban spokesperson: Women expected to wear hijab and not burqa
Kathmandu, Aug 18. A Taliban spokesperson has revealed that women under the Taliban rule are expected to wear a hijab and not a burqa.
Suhail Shaheen told Britain’s Sky News, “The burqa is not the only hijab (headscarf) that (can) be observed, there is different types of hijab not limited to burqa.”
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s main spokesman, said women would be allowed to work and study and “will be very active in society but within the framework of Islam”.
Previously, under the Taliban’s rule, women were placed under severe restrictions along with making burqa compulsory. Their rule during 1996-2001 had stopped women from working. Girls were not allowed to go to schools whereas women were accompanied by male members while going out from homes.
In a video shared by CNN, Kabul reporter Clarissa Ward interviewed a Taliban commander Assad Massoud Khistani regarding the attire of women. He replied that women can continue their education, but with Islamic hijab. However, he further added that women would have to cover their face as well because “it is in Islam.”
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