Personal Autonomy

Individuals have the right to make decisions over their own lives. This section addresses laws restricting behavior, dress, or movement, especially where such restrictions undermine personal agency.
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DEC4-09202021

Co-education and male teachers teaching female students prohibited in university.

DEC4-10262024

Taliban prohibit adult women to hear the voices of other adult women.

DEC4-12102024

Taliban ban women from using smartphones in Kandahar.

DEC4-12202024

Taliban ban women from using smartphones in Nangarhar.

DEC4-12222024

Taliban imposed restrictions on residential home windows nationwide.

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.

DEC5-01092023

Directive to observe hijab in Malali Maternity hospital.

DEC5-01302024

Prohibition of Western-style haircuts and beard shaving for men.

DEC5-02172025

The Taliban Ministry of Education ordered the enforcement of a national school uniform regulation to all provinces, designating white turbans and caps as the...

DEC5-02202025

Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada issued a directive mandating turbans for male students and prohibiting tight or thin clothing as part of a national dress...

DEC5-02222022

Female employees without hijab have been barred from entering offices.

DEC5-03012022

Directive mandating hijab, gender segregation, and denial of entry to unveiled women in government offices.

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.

DEC5-04102025

Managers of the Balkh Siloe Emirati Company signed a commitment letter pledging to conduct their work and behavior due to Taliban pressure.

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.

DEC5-06032024

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.
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