Women in Afghanistan: #FreeHerFace campaign launched in protest of new Taliban law

The Taliban ordered female news anchors to cover their faces while on air, prompting the men to cover their faces too in solidarity, in the latest example of anti-women laws by the extremist group.

Women wearing burqas pause at the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 26, 2021.

Women wearing burqas pause at the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 26, 2021.

(photo credit: REUTERS/JORGE SILVA)

ByARIELLA MARSDEN

MAY 24, 2022 01:45

Updated: MAY 24, 2022 13:21