Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government ordered nongovernmental organizations to prevent female employees from reporting to work after it had “received complaints” that women were not following strict dress codes, a spokesman for the Economic Ministry says.
Wakil Kohsar / AFP via Getty Images filePESHAWAR, Pakistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government on Saturday ordered all local and foreign nongovernmental organizations to prevent female employees from reporting to work, in the latest restrictive move against women’s rights and freedoms in the country.
The order was made in a letter written in Persian by Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammed Hanif, Abdur Rahman Habib, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s Economic Ministry, told NBC News. Rahman said that all nongovernmental organizations had to register with the ministry, and the ministry had “received complaints” that some women had not followed the prescribed dress code for women appearing in public, a code derived from the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Shariah.
Taliban officials announced in May that women leaving the home were to cover themselves in head-to-toe loose-fitting clothing that covers the face, such as a burqa, a traditional all-enveloping article of clothing that includes a mesh panel for the face. According to the edict, only a woman’s eyes should be visible.
Rahman also said that the letter warned the organizations whose female employees failed to adhere to this standard would have their licenses revoked.
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