For women, the veil will be compulsory in Afghanistan, but not the burqa – Telam

A spokesperson for the Taliban, which took power in Afghanistan since Sunday, announced on Tuesday that wearing the burqa (full face veil) will not be compulsory for women, because “there are different types of headscarf”, and that They can also receive education at all levels.

“The burqa is not the only hijab (veil) that can be worn. There are different types of hijabs that are not limited to the burqa,” Suhail Shaheen, spokesperson for the group’s political office, told Sky News. in Doha.

Shaheen did not specify what other types of veil the Taliban would find acceptable.

With the return to power of the Taliban, who under their previous rule applied an ultra-rigorous version of Islamic law, many countries and organizations fear for the fate of Afghan girls and women.

Cuando dirigan el pas entre 1996 y 2001, las escuelas de nias estaban cerradas, las mujeres no podan viajar ni trabajar y estaban obligadas a llevar en pblico un burka, que cubre todo el cuerpo y el rostro, con una rejilla de tela a nivel de the eyes“

During the five years that this government lasted, women could not leave their homes without being accompanied by a male relative. In the squares and stadiums of the city there were also flogging and executions, including stoning for adultery.

“They will be able to receive an education, from elementary to university. We announced this policy at international conferences, at the Moscow conference and here at the Doha conference (on Afghanistan),” Shaheen said. the AFP press agency.Thousands of schools in areas controlled by the Taliban remain open, he said.

Last week UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres found it “particularly shocking and heartbreaking to see reports of the suppression of hard-won rights for girls and women” in areas controlled by the Taliban.

The change can be seen immediatelyFor example, in CNN News Network’s international correspondent in Afghanistan, Clarissa Ward, who last Saturday was on the studio floor with her hair tied up, her makeup and Western clothes and only 48 hours later, the next day after the Takeover of Kabul by the Talibn movement, she was seen on a cell phone in the streets of the Afghan capital with her hair covered in a black veil and without make-up.