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DEC1-08162022
Mandatory classes with the addition of five extra religious subjects in universities.
DEC10-01312023
The Taliban shut down a women's karate club in Farah.
DEC10-03212023
The Taliban banned Nowruz in Afghanistan, deeming it contrary to Islam, in a district in Daikundi province.
DEC10-05292024
Taliban fighters forcibly shut down the inauguration of a women-led coffee shop and library in Kabul.
DEC10-06062023
Banned music at wedding halls in Herat, warning of punishment for violators.
DEC10-07092023
Taliban ban music in wedding halls in Kabul.
DEC10-07192023
Taliban burned musical instruments in several provinces, including Herat.
DEC10-08132024
Taliban have made it mandatory to display the group's flag on shops in the city of Nili in Daikundi province.
DEC10-08192024
The Taliban burned musical instruments in Parwan.
DEC10-08202023
Directive mandating mosque attendance, banning music in celebratory gatherings, and threatening legal action for noncompliance with religious norms.
DEC11-05302024
Taliban intelligence detains cultural figure Yama Maqsoodi in Kabul, whereabouts unknown.
DEC12-07312024-1
Taliban Ministry of Justice Announces Official Morality Law Based on Supreme Leader’s Decree.
DEC12-07312024-10
Article 17 of PVPV Law enforces religious conformity and censors media, banning images and critical content.
DEC12-07312024-11
Article 18 of PVPV Law imposes religious mandates on trade and farming, restricting livelihoods and expression through sectarian economic rules.
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...
DEC12-07312024-2
Taliban codifies nationwide morality law - the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - granting sweeping powers to religious police...
DEC12-07312024-20
Article 28 of PVPV Law mandates community-wide enforcement of Taliban-defined morality through schools and religious leaders.
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...
DEC2-05292024
The Taliban halted the opening ceremony of a café and library for women in Kabul.
DEC2-06262023
The closure of women’s beauty salons across the country.