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DEC5-01022024
Decree mandating hijab for women, with escalating penalties enforced on male guardians and issuance of arrest orders for women without hijabs in Kabul.
DEC5-01302024
Prohibition of Western-style haircuts and beard shaving for men.
DEC5-03262023
Directive mandates uniforms in educational institutions and seeks urgent feedback from relevant departments.
DEC5-04102022
Directive mandating hijab for female students and teachers, and banning neckties for male students and staff in Kabul schools.
DEC5-07032024
The Taliban have issued a directive in Daikundi province requiring women to wear Arabic and Islamic-style hijabs.
DEC5-09192021
Verbal directive enforcing hijab for girls in middle school and rejecting the prior educational system.
DEC5-09262022
Taliban directive requiring female media guests to cove faces on air, with noncompliance resulting in broadcast bans.
DEC5-09292021
Verbal order prohibiting women from wearing high-heeled shoes.
DEC5-11012022
Female students without a chadari are barred from university entry, citing a direct order from Taliban leader.
DEC7-01072025-A
Taliban directive restricting photography for photographers in Daikundi province.
DEC7-01072025-B
Taliban authorities in Nuristan formally banned live photography and its publication, extending province-wide restrictions on visual media under the Promotion of Virtue law.
DEC7-01082025
The Taliban sentenced a journalist to one and a half years in prison.
DEC7-01162025
Ban on broadcasting women's voices on radio in Badghis province.
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.
DEC7-02042025
The Taliban suspended the broadcasts of Radio Begum in Kabul, citing alleged media violations and pending review of its broadcasting license.
DEC7-02052025
Taliban intelligence and media officials raided Radio Begum’s office in Kabul, confiscated equipment, detained staff, and shut down the women-focused radio station.
DEC7-02132025
The Afghanistan Journalists Center reports that pressure from the Taliban on radio stations has increased.
DEC7-02142025
The Taliban have banned the broadcasting of political and economic programs on domestic media.
DEC7-02152025
Taliban imposed restrictions on the broadcasting of political and economic programs.
DEC7-02172024
Taliban in Kandahar declared a ban on photography in both "official and unofficial gatherings."