Afghan women show their traditional clothing in nets

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Dozens of Afghan women have taken to social media to post photos of themselves wearing traditional Afghan clothing, mostly on Twitter.

This comes after a pro-Taliban demonstration was held in Kabul this Saturday by a group of women, carrying posters in support of the Taliban and wearing black garments that covered their heads. body from head to toe.

In a video shared by Taliban spokesperson Mohammed Naeem on Sunday, a woman who attended the rally says: “We Afghan women demand the rights that the holy religion of Islam has granted to women.

We are Muslim, praise God, and we will never ask for the rights that [some] Western-inclined circles want for us.

Those women who lean towards the West and are dictated by the West cannot represent the Muslim and pious women of Afghanistan.

There is no progress in nudity.

We, the Afghan women, ask for advances in the hijab within the framework of the Sharia ”.

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What Afghan Women Say On Social Media

Dr. Bahar Jalali, founder of the First Gender Studies Program in Afghanistan, kicked off the trend on Twitter, posting a photo of herself in traditional Afghan attire this Sunday.

In the post it said: “No woman has dressed like this in the history of Afghanistan.

This is completely foreign and alien to Afghan culture.

I posted my photo in traditional Afghan clothing to inform, educate and dispel misinformation spread by the Taliban. "

Tahmina Aziz, a journalist who followed the trend tweeted: “I proudly wear my traditional Afghan dress.

It is colorful and beautiful.

It is nothing like the images you saw circulating yesterday. "

Another Afghan woman, Fereshta Abbasi, who posted her photo in the traditional Hazaragi dress, which is predominantly worn by women from the Hazara ethnic group, wrote: “This is my traditional Hazaragi dress, my mom and my grandmother have always been wearing these colorful dresses. .

With all due respect to each human being's choice to wear whatever they feel comfortable in, a full black hijab does not represent all Afghan women. "

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