New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa to abaya robe

AFP English

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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00:00There is a shortage of food at home.

00:03I don't like the shortage of food.

00:06What did you say?

00:08I don't know.

00:30I think that now more and more people are trying to wear hijab in Afghanistan.

00:41The elderly wear hijab, but the young people don't.

00:45Hijab is a little easier, but in hijab it is more difficult.

01:00The young people wear hijab, but in hijab it is more difficult.

01:06The young people wear hijab, but in hijab it is more difficult.

01:11The hijab is easy to wear.

01:25When you warm it up, it will be a bit warm and it will be covered by a blanket.

01:31When you warm it up, it will be a bit warm and it will be covered by a blanket.

01:34and then you put a blanket over it.

01:36The blanket is on the top,

01:38the sides are open,

01:40and the blanket is facing the north.

01:42That's how you do it.

01:56When you go to an office,

01:58or a place for work,

02:00for an interview,

02:02it's very difficult for them to tell you

02:04which side is the blanket,

02:06which side is the blanket.

02:08It's very difficult for them

02:10to tell you which side is the blanket,

02:12which side is the blanket.

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