“Veiled Meaning” at the New York museum will be a version ... they preserved their Iranian-style shawl rather than adopt the local burka like their Jewish contemporaries in nearby Kabul.

A woman walks behind a campaign poster of the far-right Swiss People's Party depicting a woman wearing a burqa against the background ... week narrowly passed a new law that bans face-covering ...

The Taliban enforced the all-encompassing burka during their first stint in power in the 1990s. But they had not enforced it in Afghan cities since taking over last year. Many women in Afghanistan ...