Young women in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif said that abayas and headscarves offer more freedom of expression than burqas, with a variation in colour, material and pattern. "Only ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: 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.

"Only elders wear a burqa," said Razia Khaliq, as she embroidered one at a workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif. Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa aged 13, like her mother and grandmother ...

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.

"Only elders wear a burqa," said Razia Khaliq, as she embroidered one at a workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif. Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa aged 13, like her mother and grandmother ...

Show more Show less 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 A burqa shop in Kandahar: it varies ...

In this picture taken on Feb 20, 2025, an Afghan woman sews a burqa inside her house in Mazar-i-Sharif. — AFP. Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa at age 13, like her mother and ...

Follow us MAZAR-I-SHARIF: 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 ...

"Only elders wear a burqa," said Razia Khaliq, as she embroidered one at a workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif. Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa aged 13, like her mother and grandmother ...

Young women in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif said that abayas and headscarves offer more freedom of expression than burqas, with a variation in colour, material and pattern.