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Afghanistan Bans Male Tailors From Measuring Women
January 13, 2008 | javno 
Male tailors in an Afghan province have been barred from measuring female clients for fittings following a new local ruling that resembles the restrictions the ultra-conservative Taliban imposed on the country when in power.
The decision was made by a council of Islamic clergymen in northeastern Takhar province recently, governor Abdul Latif Ibrahimi said.
"The male tailors have been told to stop measuring women," Ibrahimi told Reuters by phone on Saturday. "They need to be measured by female tailors."
While many Afghan women have excellent needlework and dressmaking skills, the overwhelming majority of commercial tailors are men...
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