Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have ordered female patients, caregivers and staff to wear the burka – a full health feases of Public Pealth of FIPLICS Sans Frontières (MSF) says.
MSF said the restrictions started from 5 November.
“These restrictions hinder women’s lives and limit women’s access to health care,” Sarah Curogau, the Agency’s Program Director, told the BBC. He said even those “in need of urgent medical care” were affected.
A Taliban government spokesman declined MSF’s account. Reports say that the restrictions on development are in part because the alarm has been raised.
MSF, which supports the pediatric services of the Hater Regional Hospital, said that it has noticed 28% of the administration of patients whose conditions are urgent in the new days of the new implementation.
Ms Chantauuu said Taliban members were planning to enter women without the Burka by standing in the way of health facilities. A Burka is a piece of veil that covers the face and body, always leaving a mesh screen to see through.
A spokesman for the Taliban for the launch of virtue and avoidance of the vice ministry, which enforces strict religious doctrines, expelled women to wear the Burka.
“This is really false. The position of vice and virtue of the ministry of the majority of wearing the Hijab,” said Saif-Islam Khyber.
Hijab means covering in general but also refers to headscarves worn by Muslim women.
The Taliban official also dismissed reports that women were barred from medical centers for not wearing the Burka.
At the same time, the Taliban official said: “Hijab is interpreted differently in different parts of the country, most of which are in conflict with the Sharia [law]. “
Activists also said that Taliban Guards have enforced the wearing of Burkas for women to enter key facilities for the past week.
A female activist from Herat province told the BBC that the dress code applies to those who want to enter hospitals, schools and government offices.
There has also been criticism on social media of the Taliban’s reported decision to impose the Burka in Herrat.
An activist in Afghanistan posted a video on X showing some women shooting clothes in protest of the Taliban’s rule. The BBC has not independently verified the video.
The Taliban implemented the Burka during their first stint in power in the 1990s.
Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has imposed many restrictions, especially for women, in accordance with their interpretation of Islamic Sharia law.
In 2022, the Taliban issued a decree ordering women to wear an Islamic face veil in public. Taliban officials then described the Face Veil Edict as “advisory”.
“Although the Teil Edit was announced, this is the first time we see the implementation of the Burka in Horat. Many women go to the Hospital with Burkas,” said Chantau.
Since returning to power, the Taliban have taken women from most workplaces and universities and girls from secondary schools. The UN has repeatedly urged the Taliban to end what it describes as “gender apartheid”.
Last week, the UN said it had suspended operations at a key border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran due to restrictions on Afghan personnel working on the border.
Islam Qala, in Herat province, is the main crossing point for hundreds of thousands of Afghans who were forced to leave Iran last year.