Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

It is common to be asked to readjust the headscarf, or ordered to add a medical mask. "As soon as we enter offices, we are mistreated," said Niha, who did not give her surname. Hayatullah Rafiqi ...

Younger Afghan women are ... authority's security forces. It is common to be asked to readjust the headscarf, or ordered to add a medical mask. "As soon as we enter offices, we are mistreated," said ...

Some younger Afghan ... is common to be asked to readjust the headscarf, or ordered to add a medical mask. "As soon as we enter offices, we are mistreated," said Niha, who did not give her surname.

They have gradually erased Afghan women ... It is common to be asked to readjust the headscarf, or ordered to add a medical mask. "As soon as we enter offices, we are mistreated," said Niha, who did ...