Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban

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Source: BBC

Afghanistan's female TV presenters must cover their faces, say Taliban

By Simon Fraser
BBC News

19 May 2022

The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air.

Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto.

The ruling comes two weeks after all women were ordered to wear a face veil in public, or risk punishment.

Restrictions are being tightened on women - they are banned from travelling without a male guardian and secondary schools are shut for girls.

One female Afghan journalist working for a local TV station in Kabul, who did not want to be named, said she'd been shocked to hear the latest news.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61508072


Female presenters - faces uncovered - have become common on screen in recent years (AFP)

[Turbineguy]

1. Next:

And they must speak silently.

[Me.]

2. No LOw Is Too LOw

Do women have to cover their faces when being raped by the taliban?