In one of the harshest controls imposed on women since the Taliban seized power, Afghan women have now been ordered to wear the all-covering burqa in public.
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Under the new decree, women have also been ordered to stay home unless they have approved reason to leave. Women's rights advocates have reacted with fury and dismay, with the edict also condemned by the United Nations.
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