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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.
DEC5-06032024
Taliban Education Directorate distributes burqas and uniforms to elementary school girls in Badakhshan.
DEC5-07032024
The Taliban have issued a directive in Daikundi province requiring women to wear Arabic and Islamic-style hijabs.
DEC5-08012022
Taliban order male employees of the Ministry of Education to grow beards, and women employees to observe the hijab.
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.
DEC5-12192021
Verbal directive prescribing full-body hijab with face and eye covering for women.
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.
DEC7-05102023
Taliban bans media coverage of women’s health, labeling it immoral and restricting female participation in broadcasts.
DEC7-08262024-B
Taliban called protests against the new law on promotion of virtue and prevention of vice "insolence."
DEC7-10272022
The removal of the female representative from the Media Violations Commission.
DEC7-11222021
The ban on women participating in television programs and shows in the media.
DEC7-11222023
Taliban ban the use of women’s images in advertisements at hospitals in Takhar.