New Generation of Afghan Women Shift from Burqa to Abaya Robe
Afghan burqa-clad women wait in a queue to receive free Iftar meal during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the outskirts of Kabul on March 12, 2025. ©Wakil KOHSAR / AFP

The all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh has long been a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women in Afghanistan, but the trend is slowly changing.

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