Taliban enforces face-cover order for women TV anchors

TV presenter Khatereh Ahmadi wears a face covering as she reads the news in Kabul on Sunday (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air.

The move is part of a hard-line shift which has drawn condemnation from human rights activists.