Molvi Mohammad Sadiq Akif, the spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Vice and Virtue, speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Molvi said that women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public and that the only way to wear the hijab, or the Islamic headscarf, is if the face is hidden. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
August 17, 2023
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August 17, 2023 12:35 p.m.
Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
The Taliban’s restrictions on girls and women have caused global outrage, including from some Muslim-majority countries