BALKH, AFGHANISTAN-AUGUST 21: The marketplace i was bustling with female shoppers purchasing burqas, following the Taliban takeover and the group’s pledge to implement Sharia law on Friday in Balkh, Afghanistan, on August 21, 2021. Women appeared to have their faces covered as they strolled through the market, wearing either burqas or headscarves with protective face masks. Afghan Multimedia Agency
A resident of Balkh, “To say during the last days those Bazaars have the most income now that is the selling veil and burqa, beside that the rate have risen too. The Taliban says that we don’t take revenge from any, and women, they say by keeping veil and according to the Sharia rules women can continue their education and qualifications.”
“These are new generation, by of the Taliban the people are not familiar with them, the people have bought many burqas, I buy and sell burqas even 6 or 7, the people bought burqas for their sisters or families,” A shopkeeper said.
