Kabul - Taliban sharia police put up posters all over the Afghan city of Kandahar, calling Muslim women who don't wear hijabs that cover their nakedness as 'trying to look like animals'.
As reported by AFP , Friday (17/6/2022), since returning to power in August last year, the Taliban imposed strict restrictions on Afghan women. In May, the Taliban's supreme leader and now Afghanistan's leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada , approved a decree ordering women in general to stay at home.
Women in Afghanistan are also ordered to cover their bodies completely, including their faces, when going out in public places.
This week, the Ministry of Policy Promotion and Crime Prevention, which is widely feared for upholding a harsh interpretation of Islamic teachings, put up posters in the Kandahar region featuring images of the burqa covering a woman's body from head to toe.
"Muslim women who don't wear the hijab are trying to look like animals," read the posters posted by the Taliban.
Such posters are widely posted in cafes and shops, as well as on billboards, in Kandahar -- the Taliban's de-facto center of power.
It also stated in the poster that wearing skimpy, tight and transparent clothing was against Akhundzada's decree.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Policy Promotion and Crime Prevention, based in Kabul, could not immediately be reached for comment. But a high-ranking local official confirmed the installation of such a poster.
"We put up such posters and these women whose faces are not covered (in public), we will inform their families and take steps according to the decree," the head of the ministry in Kandahar, Abdul Rahman Tayebi, told AFP .
The Akhundzada decree ordered the relevant authorities to warn and even disable male relatives who work as government employees, of women who do not comply with the rule.
Outside of Kabul, wearing the burka, which was mandatory for women under the first Taliban government in 1996-2001, has become commonplace.
On Wednesday (15/6) local time, the head of human rights (HAM) at the United Nations (UN) Michelle Bachelet criticized the Taliban for the "systematic, institutionalized oppression" of women in Afghanistan. "Their situation is critical," he said.
After returning to power, the Taliban have promised a softer version of their harsh rule two decades ago. But since August last year, many restrictions have been imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Tens of thousands of girls were barred from entering secondary school, while women were barred from returning to work in government agencies. Afghan women are also barred from traveling alone and can only visit public parks in Kabul on days men are prohibited from visiting.
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