KABUL - The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group's supreme leader, an escalation of growing restrictions on women in public that is ...

When a woman wearing a blue burqa showed up near the Kabul airport three days after the Taliban fled the capital last November, no one gave her a second glance. But heads turned when she marched up to ...

Women wearing a burqa wait for free bread in front of a bakery in Kabul. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/AFP) Afghanistan’s Taliban government has ordered women to cover their faces in public in a return to a ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. While driving through Kabul in November, I saw two women leaning ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. The burka, which covers the wearer from head to toe and leaves only a person’s eyes exposed, became the group’s staple order on women in Afghanistan ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings During a training exercise, a female special-forces member prepares to ...