{"id":81560,"date":"2022-01-22T17:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T17:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81560"},"modified":"2022-01-22T17:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T17:35:52","slug":"afghan-ngo-women-threatened-with-shooting-for-not-wearing-burqa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/81560-afghan-ngo-women-threatened-with-shooting-for-not-wearing-burqa\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan NGO women &#8216;threatened with shooting&#8217; for not wearing burqa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f2_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f3\u06f8-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f2_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f3\u06f8-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f2_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f3\u06f8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f2_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f3\u06f8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f2_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f3\u06f8-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f2_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f3\u06f4-\u06f3\u06f8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taliban&#8217;s religious police have threatened to shoot women NGO workers in a northwestern province of Afghanistan if they do not wear the all-covering burqa, two staff members told AFP.<br>The rights of Afghans &#8212; 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