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Kabul women protest against new hijab rules

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KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of women on Tuesday protested in capital Kabul against the new hijab rules, while the Ministry of Vice and Virtue says that hijab is an Islamic rule and is mandatory.

According to the decree the caretaker government announced on Saturday, every garment used for covering the body is hijab but the garment should not be thin or tight to reveal body parts.

The vice and virtue ministry has been tasked with implementing the hijab decree which says it is mandatory and must for adult Muslim women to wear Islamic hijab.

The decree said that the chador . . .

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