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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.

DEC5-05072022-A

Official Decree mandating women cover their faces in public, and ordering punishment of male family members if they fail to do so.

DEC5-05072022-B

Full-face hijab mandated for women, with penalties for male guardians upon violation.

DEC5-05082022

Official Taliban leader decree mandating national committee to develop national hijab enforcement policy with tiered punishments for non-compliance.

DEC5-07032024

The Taliban have issued a directive in Daikundi province requiring women to wear Arabic and Islamic-style hijabs.

DEC6-01142025

Marriage of 20 couples conducted with gender segregation in Ghazni province.

DEC6-02032023

Ban on marriages between shia and sunni in Badakhshan province.

DEC6-02032025

Taliban morality police raided a wedding in Badakhshan over music, arresting the bride and groom.

DEC6-05212023

Taliban and religious scholars in Jabal Saraj, Parwan have set a limit for the dowry of girls, mandating enforcement by security and religious authorities.

DEC6-05242024

Murder of a girl due to rejecting a marriage proposal in Faryab province.

DEC6-06092023

Taliban orders the registration of young girls and widows for forced marriage to Taliban members.

DEC6-06102023

Taliban's increasing restrictions on women in Afghanistan have increased forced marriage and child marriage.

DEC6-06292024

Detention of woman refusing forced marriage in Kunduz province.

DEC6-11252024

Bans issues of tazkira (national ID) to a Sunni woman and her children's due to her marriage with a Shia man.

DEC6-12212021

Taliban Leader's Decree on women's marriage rights.

DEC7-05102023

Taliban bans media coverage of women’s health, labeling it immoral and restricting female participation in broadcasts.

DEC7-12242023

Taliban in Khost have prohibited women from making phone calls to radio stations.

DEC8-04062023

Ban on women from dining in restaurants in Herat.

DEC8-05082023

The Taliban ban "henna night" ceremonies in Kandahar and order arrests of men who accompany women.

DEC9-11122022

Directive in Faryab banning unaccompanied women from parks, sports halls, and restaurants under threat of legal action.