Mullah Yaqoob, the Taliban's defence minister, ordered the group’s armed forces members to wear military uniforms.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Defence uniform is similar to the uniform of the National Army of the previous Afghan government. It is also reported that the Taliban now uses the uniforms of the former government’s Ministry of Defence.

In an interview with Afghanistan International on Wednesday, Enayatullah Khwarizmi, Taliban’s spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence, confirmed Mullah Yaqoob’s order sent through a letter about the uniform in the Ministry of Defence.

In this letter, it has been stated that the military personnel of the Taliban’s Ministry of Defence should wear military uniforms during their duty.

The Taliban's defence minister has banned the Taliban’s defence forces from use of the traditional appearance with a scarf, slippers, and other civilian clothing.

Mullah Yaqoob emphasised that the group’s Ministry of Defence has prepared and distributed military uniforms to all personnel of the ministry.

After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the group’s forces and civil servants continued to use traditional clothes in military and civil offices.

In recent months, reports have been published that armed people in plain clothes have been harassing and robbing citizens using the Taliban police rangers.