Tunics & turbans: Afghan students don Taliban-imposed uniforms

Tunics & turbans: Afghan students don Taliban-imposed uniforms

Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, following an order to adopt outfits reflecting Taliban rule.

Reza, a student at Sultan Ghiyasuddin Ghori School in Herat, takes his hat and turban out of his bag and puts them on his head to gain permission to enter the school. Without a uniform, he is not allowed to go to class. He says that on the way to school, when he wears a limp, people make fun of him; “I feel very humiliated. On the way, people make fun of me and my classmates and tell us, ‘Look at the chicks of the mullahs.’ Don’t let your limp f…

Tunics & Turbans: Afghan Students Don Taliban-imposed Uniforms

Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, following an order to adopt outfits reflecting Taliban rule.