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reporter: the taliban says there will be punishments for not following the rules. a woman s father or male guardian could be visited by authorities and perhaps jailed. women working in government jobs who don t comply could be fired. most women in afghanistan wear a head scarf, but many in urban areas, such as kabul, don t cover their faces. the decree is yet another setback for women s rights and freedoms in afghanistan, which have been rolled back since the taliban took control of the country last summer. the taliban say they ve changed since their previous rule in which women and girls were barred from education and leaving the house without a male relative. but it s a series of restrictions in recent months that seem to contradict that claim. in march the taliban backtracked on a promise to reopen high schools for girls and said instead they would remain closed until a plan could be made to run them in accordance with islamic law. that same month, the taliban said women can no lo

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