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Female TV presenters in Afghanistan appeared on-air with out face coverings, explicitly defying a latest Taliban order requiring them to hide themselves in compliance with Islamic rule.

Girls on three totally different broadcast stations refused to cowl their faces throughout their reside packages on Saturday, prompting backlash from the Taliban authorities, which warned they have been risking termination from their retailers. Media managers who didn’t implement the rule are additionally in danger for penalties, Taliban officers mentioned.

“If they do not comply, we’ll speak to the managers and guardians of the presenters,” spokesman Mohammad Sadeq Akif Mohajir instructed Agence France-Presse. “Anybody who lives below a specific system and authorities has to obey the legal guidelines and orders of that system, so they have to implement the order.”

TALIBAN TO REQUIRE FEMALE TV PRESENTERS TO COVER FACES WHILE ON SCREEN

The ladies refused to put on face coverings as a result of they feared it was a step towards shedding their proper to work altogether, the published firms mentioned.

“Our feminine colleagues are involved that in the event that they cowl their faces, the following factor they’d be instructed is to cease working,” Abid Ehsas, the pinnacle of Shamshad TV, instructed the outlet. “That is the rationale they haven’t noticed the order thus far.”

The Taliban issued the order for girls to put on face coverings on TV earlier this week, marking one other regressive step for girls’s rights because the group’s takeover final August. The directive is according to related necessities for feminine authorities employees, who should additionally put on face coverings and threat termination in the event that they violate the gown code. Males working in authorities positions additionally face penalties if their wives or daughters don’t comply.

Beforehand, feminine presenters have been solely required to put on headscarves whereas on TV.

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The transfer marks the most recent social restriction applied towards girls by the Taliban regardless of preliminary claims they’d undertake a “softer” method to decoding Islamic regulation of their newly reclaimed territory.

The US withdrew from Afghanistan on the finish of August 2021, simply because the Taliban overthrew the U.S.-backed administration of President Ashraf Ghani. Western international locations performed a large-scale evacuation effort within the two weeks that adopted, with greater than 100,000 individuals evacuated from the nation.