NEW YORK CITY: The first UN General Assembly to be held in person since 2019 is taking place against the backdrop of humanitarian crises, climate emergencies, conflicts, and economic turbulence on almost every continent. The world body’s executive is nonetheless excited to get down to business. “It does create a sense of excitement,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN
Afghanistan s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice extended the ruling to women appearing on television over the weekend with some refusing to comply.
A new edict ruling that all women must wear a face veil in public or risk punishment was extended to TV presenters from Saturday, meaning they now have to cover their mouths and nose as well.
KABUL: Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading TV channels went on the air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group’s austere brand of Islam.