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DEC11-11122021
Taliban arrested Wasima Kohistani.
DEC11-11162024
Taliban intelligence forces arrested four individuals, including two teachers, in Panjshir without disclosing charges.
DEC11-11192024
Taliban authorities arrested seven residents of Panjshir’s Dara district without disclosing charges or legal grounds.
DEC11-12032024
The Taliban arrested two men in Kabul for supporting women's rights.
DEC11-12182024
A former bodyguard of ex-President Ashraf Ghani died by suicide in Kabul after Taliban forces arrested his wife amid repeated attempts to detain him.
DEC11-12232023
Protesting women detained in Kabul.
DEC12-02062025
The Taliban have ordered the distribution of weapons and armored vehicles to employees of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of...
DEC12-07312024-1
Taliban Ministry of Justice Announces Official Morality Law Based on Supreme Leader’s Decree.
DEC12-07312024-15
Article 22 of PVPV Law criminalizes a wide array of behaviors - from LGBTQ+ identity and women's public speech to cultural celebrations - codifying...
DEC12-07312024-16
Article 23 of PVPV Law holds officials responsible for preventing immoral acts by children, the mentally disabled, and non-Muslim residents, raising serious concerns about...
DEC12-07312024-17
Articles 24 & 25 of PVPV Law grants religious officials the power to issue non-judicial punishments for “immoral acts,” including detention and financial penalties.
DEC12-07312024-2
Taliban codifies nationwide morality law - the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - granting sweeping powers to religious police...
DEC3-01082025
Five individuals, including three women, were publicly sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment in Kapisa Province following court rulings for alleged moral offenses.
DEC3-01162023
Request for the list of former military personnel in Panjshir province.
DEC3-01162025
A schoolteacher in Bamyan Province was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment and lashes following prolonged detention, alleged torture, and accusations linked to social media...
DEC3-01222025
A man and a woman were publicly sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment of 39 lashes in Parwan Province following court rulings for alleged...
DEC3-02042025
A military court sentenced two individuals, including one woman, to imprisonment and corporal punishment in Kunduz Province for alleged public “moral corruption.”
DEC3-02052025-A
Two men and one woman were publicly sentenced to imprisonment and corporal punishment (39 lashes) in Kapisa Province for fleeing from home and assisting...
DEC3-02052025-B
One woman and two men were publicly punished in Faryab Province with imprisonment and corporal punishment (39 lashes) for fleeing from home and assisting...
DEC3-02062025
Leaked and Taliban-confirmed internal documents reveal that more than 1,300 women are imprisoned across Afghanistan’s detention system.