Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh ... Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering ...

Instead, they are opting for the abaya robe. Taliban rules obligate women not to show their faces in public. Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with ... Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as ...

Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well -- sometimes ... in colour according to province, from blue to light brown, and green to pink.