Afghan NGO women ‘threatened with shooting for not wearing burqa’
KABUL: The Taliban’s religious police have threatened to shoot women NGO workers in a northwestern province of Afghanistan if they do not wear the all-covering burqa, two staff members told AFP.The rights of Afghans — particularly women and girls — have been increasingly curtailed since the Taliban returned to power in August after ousting the US-backed government.Women are being squeezed from public life and largely barred from government jobs…
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