Afghanistan, Sept. 14 -- A number of Afghan women living abroad have posted their photos wearing traditional Afghan clothes to defy the all-black attire worn by hundreds of women in Kabul and other provinces recently.

They have been conducting sort of online protest to show the world what the exact traditional clothes and outfits of the Afghan women are.

in their photos, they are not wearing scarves but confess the scarf to be an integral part of the traditional Afghan clothes.

They claim that the all-black attire which covers the body from head to toe is rather alien and has never been donned by the people of Afghanistan.

Religious figures have also said that Islam has allowed women to show their hands and the face in public and has no...