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

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a ... worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well -- sometimes a medical mask, or a ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching ... or a Saudi-style cloth niqab veil that exposes only the eyes. "The new generation would never accept wearing a burqa, because ...