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About a dozen women chanting "Burqa is not our hijab!" protest in the Afghan capital against the Taliban's new order for women to cover their faces and bodies when in public, ideally with the traditional burqa. Afghanistan's supreme leader and chief of Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, issued a decree over the weekend ordering women to cover up fully, ideally with a traditional all-covering burqa.

Added on the 10/05/2022 18:47:49 - Copyright : AFP EN

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