"Only elders wear a burqa," said Razia Khaliq, as she embroidered one at a workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif. The burqa has long roots in Afghanistan. It was strictly enforced during the first Taliban ...

Showing your face is a sin Nasima, an Afghan woman in her forties "Only older women wear a burka," said Razia Khaliq, as she embroidered one at a workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif. Khaliq began wearing ...