Date: 16/07/1404
Local sources: Taliban in Herat check people's mobile phones
8 a.m. 8 a.m. KABUL: A number of residents of Herat Province say that the Taliban's forces for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice have checked people's mobile phones in some areas of the city today. In an interview with Hasht-e Subh newspaper on Wednesday, October 8, local sources confirmed that Taliban agents stopped young people, especially young people, at several intersections in the city and checked their mobile phones. According to residents, in recent weeks, the Taliban's surveillance and control over people's daily lives has increased, and many see this as a clear violation of privacy.Sources added that anyone may have personal or family content on their phones, but the Taliban access them without permission. It is said that the Taliban's virtue and prevention of vice had previously intercepted the phones of the city's residents. At the same time, new restrictions on the use of the internet and social networks have also raised widespread concerns among citizens. People say the restrictions are a sign of the Taliban's increasing control over people's communications and personal lives.

This entry documents the inspection of civilians’ mobile phones by Taliban Vice and Virtue officers in Herat. The practice reflects increasing surveillance of personal communications and the expansion of morality-based enforcement into individuals’ private lives, raising concerns over privacy and control of information.