Minority Rights

Religious, ethnic, and linguistic minorities are entitled to live free from discrimination. This section covers decrees disadvantaging non-Sunni communities, particularly Shia populations.
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DEC4-02122025

The Taliban dismissed six Hazara employees (four women and two men) at the Passport Office in Kabul.

DEC4-05272023

Directive imposes ideological conformity and enforces linguistic uniformity in university publications.

DEC4-05312023

Taliban issues directive banning Persian terms and mandating ideological conformity in university research and teaching.

DEC6-02032023

Ban on marriages between shia and sunni in Badakhshan 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.

DEC7-04102025

The Taliban’s Minister for the Promotion of Virtue publicly described non-Muslims as “worse than animals” in an official speech broadcast by state media in...

DEC7-12142023

Taliban order to collect all books that contradict Hanafi jurisprudence from private universities.
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