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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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.

DEC6-01142025

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.

DEC7-01162025

Ban on broadcasting women's voices on radio in Badghis province.

DEC7-02152025

Taliban imposed restrictions on the broadcasting of political and economic programs.

DEC7-03182025

Taliban ban women’s voices on broadcast media and mandated reverential title ('Amir al Mu'minin or Commander of the Faithful) for Taliban Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada...

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.
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