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DEC1-11082025
Taliban in Kandahar are sending students with low religious grades to madrassas.
DEC10-10192025
Taliban authorities banned live-action imagery in media in Herat, forcing television outlets to halt or alter broadcasts.
DEC10-10042025
Taliban authorities banned Teachers’ Day celebrations and related activities in schools in Herat.
DEC7-09232025
The Taliban ordered all video media in Herat—including television stations and online platforms such as YouTube—to cease broadcasting images and operate in audio-only format.
DEC7-09102025-A
Taliban suspend national television broadcasts in Balkh province under enforcement of the live-image ban.
DEC7-09102025-B
Taliban authorities in Kandahar halted the activities of YouTubers under morality laws banning images of living beings.
DEC1-08262025-B
The Taliban have banned the teaching of 679 books in public and private universities.
DEC1-08252025
The Taliban have removed 18 subjects from university curricula and permitted 201 others to be taught only after mandatory ideological revision.
DEC1-08202025
The Taliban have banned the education of women and girls in religious schools.
DEC7-07202025
Taliban expand the ban of broadcasting of living images in Sar-e-Pul province, reportedly reaching 20 provinces.
DEC4-06252025
University entrance exam candidates in Mazar-i-Sharif reported that Kankor exam materials were provided only in Pashto, raising concerns of discrimination against Dari-speaking students.
DEC10-05112025
Taliban suspended the game of chess nationwide, citing religious considerations and administrative issues within the chess federation.
DEC7-03182025
Taliban ban women’s voices on broadcast media and mandated reverential title ('Amir al Mu'minin or Commander of the Faithful) for Taliban Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada...
DEC7-03162025
New Report that, in 2024, the Taliban suspended the operations of 22 media outlets and arrested 50 journalists.
DEC11-03012025
Taliban intelligence forces re-arrested nine teachers and closed an English language center and its branches in Daikundi Province on accusations of promoting “un-Islamic culture.”
DEC10-02192025
A Taliban commander shot and wounded six civilians during a football match in Shaki District, Badakhshan Province.
DEC10-02162025
The Taliban arrested a cultural and social activist from Panjshir in Kabul, reportedly linked to his poetry praising Ahmad Shah Massoud.
DEC10-02032025
The Taliban forcibly converted at least 80 Ismaili and Shia residents in Badakhshan Province.
DEC6-02032025
Taliban morality police raided a wedding in Badakhshan over music, arresting the bride and groom.
DEC7-01272025
A Taliban court sentenced filmmaker Rahim Saeedi to three years in prison for alleged “propaganda,” following his arrest by intelligence forces in Kabul.
DEC7-01162025
Ban on broadcasting women's voices on radio in Badghis province.
DEC10-01152025
Taliban ban on women’s participation in mosque worship and Shia itikaf ceremonies in Herat Province.
DEC1-01142025
The Taliban closed English language learning centers and kindergartens affiliated with the Aga Khan Office in Badakhshan Province.
DEC1-01132025
Taliban closed two educational centers and the arrest of teachers in Daikundi Province.
DEC7-01072025-A
Taliban directive restricting photography for photographers in Daikundi province.
DEC2-01052025
Taliban barred women producers from participating in a handicrafts and trade exhibition in Kandahar, allowing male family members to represent them.
DEC7-11112024
The Taliban suspended the operations of Zheman Radio in Khost Province for broadcasting background music in one of their programs.
DEC12-10262024
Taliban confirms ban on singing and bans women from reciting Quran aloud even in presence of other women under new verbal religious restriction, under...
DEC4-10262024
Taliban prohibit adult women to hear the voices of other adult women.
DEC10-08192024
The Taliban burned musical instruments in Parwan.