A Taliban spokesman says authorities have arrested women in the Afghan capital Kabul for wearing “bad hijab.”| AP News
Note: This story was updated on January 22 to include information from a new UNAMA report. Mursal* made sure to wear a long black hijab while covering her face with a black mask when she left work after 4 p.m....| Zan Times
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is deeply concerned over recent arbitrary arrests and detentions of women and girls by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities because of alleged non-compliance with the Islamic dress code. Since 1 January, in Kabul and Daykundi provinces, UNAMA has documented a series of hijab decree enforcement campaigns by the de facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and the de facto police. In the capital K...| UNAMA