Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become 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. Since their return to power in ...

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. Since their return to ...

Use extra caution. Secure loose outdoor objects. && An Afghan shops in Mazar-i-Sharif: the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women An ...

Stifling' - The burqa has long roots in Afghanistan. It was strictly enforced during the first Taliban government rule of Afghanistan, when women were lashed for failing to wear one in public.