Afghanistan, Nov. 8 -- Women in Herat have been ordered to wear burqas to enter hospitals and public offices as new restrictions tighten across the province.
According to reports from Herat, the officials have recently banned women without burqas from entering markets and government offices, marking another tightening of restrictions on women and girls across the country.
Images circulating on social media show female doctors and nurses at Herat Regional Hospital wearing full-body burqas while administering vaccines to children. Medical sources said Taliban officials have ordered that women without burqas are not permitted to enter hospitals or other public institutions.
Local authorities, including the Department for the Promotion of Vi...