Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well – sometimes a medical mask, ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

But while women must still have their bodies and faces covered, restrictions from the feared religious police do not specifically mention the burqa. So young women are instead following fashions seen ...

“Young people wear the abaya because it is more comfortable,” Khaliq said. The burqa has long roots in Afghanistan. It was strictly enforced during the first Taliban government rule of ...

Ms Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa aged 13, like her mother and grandmother before her. But her daughter, in her 20s, prefers the abaya. “Young people wear the abaya because ...

Khaliq began wearing the billowing head-to-toe burqa aged 13, like her mother and grandmother before her. But her daughter, in her 20s, prefers the abaya. "Young people wear the abaya because it ...