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DEC3-06022025-A

Taliban courts publicly flogged one man and two women for moral-conduct offenses in Balkh province, after being convicted of moral offenses.

DEC3-06012025

Taliban courts enforced public disciplinary flogging against a woman accused of adultery in Parwan.

DEC3-05302025

Taliban courts enforced disciplinary flogging against one woman and one man for adultery in Samangan province.

DEC3-05282025-B

One woman and one man were sentenced to imprisonment and flogging for adultery in Takhar province.

DEC3-05272025

Taliban courts publicly flogged and imprisoned a man and a woman in Kunduz after convicting them of adultery.

DEC3-05152025

Taliban courts in Parwan imposed imprisonment and public flogging on five individuals, including one woman, for adultery.

DEC6-04172025

A Taliban commander forced an 18-year-old woman into marriage in Badakhshan by detaining her brother and conditioning his release on her compliance.

DEC11-04162025

Taliban courts in Uruzgan publicly enforced corporal punishment and long prison sentences for 15 individuals for moral offenses such as adultery, sodomy, robbery, and...

DEC5-04142025

Taliban authorities in Paktia ordered teachers and students to comply with strict dress and grooming rules in schools, including trimmed beards and mandatory religious...

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...

DEC12-02232025

Taliban virtue police conducted door-to-door inspections in Sar-e Pol Province, confiscating women’s cosmetics and hairdressing equipment and summoning homeowners to security offices.

DEC12-02062025

The Taliban have ordered the distribution of weapons and armored vehicles to employees of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of...

DEC6-02032025

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

DEC2-01142025

Taliban directive restricting photography for photographers in Daikundi province.

DEC7-01072025-B

Taliban authorities in Nuristan formally banned live photography and its publication, extending province-wide restrictions on visual media under the Promotion of Virtue law.

DEC9-12252024

Taliban prohibited mixed-gender transportation in city buses in Kabul, to further enforce gender segregation.

DEC7-12062024

A 2024 report documented intensified Taliban repression of the media, including widespread detentions, closures of outlets, and expanded enforcement under the Promotion of Virtue...

DEC12-10262024

Taliban confirms ban on singing and bans women from reciting Quran aloud even in presence of other women under new verbal religious restriction, under...

DEC3-10202024

A woman and a man in Takhar province were sentenced to 39 lashes, after being convicted for adultery.

DEC3-10172024

A woman and a man in Logar province were sentenced to four months of imprisonment and 39 lashes for engaging in 'illicit relations'.

DEC12-09092024

Taliban Interior Ministry Spokesman denounces human rights as “shameful slogan” in September 9 social media statement.

DEC7-08262024-B

Taliban called protests against the new law on promotion of virtue and prevention of vice "insolence."

DEC12-07312024-14

Article 21 of PVPV Law empowers officials to regulate bodily modesty even in private bathing and leisure, reinforcing state control over personal behavior.

DEC12-07312024-15

Article 22 of PVPV Law criminalizes a wide array of behaviors - from LGBTQ+ identity and women's public speech to cultural celebrations - codifying...

DEC12-07312024-16

Article 23 of PVPV Law holds officials responsible for preventing immoral acts by children, the mentally disabled, and non-Muslim residents, raising serious concerns about...

DEC12-07312024-1

Taliban Ministry of Justice Announces Official Morality Law Based on Supreme Leader’s Decree.

DEC12-07312024-17

Articles 24 & 25 of PVPV Law grants religious officials the power to issue non-judicial punishments for “immoral acts,” including detention and financial penalties.

DEC12-07312024-2

Taliban codifies nationwide morality law - the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - granting sweeping powers to religious police...

DEC12-07312024-18

Article 26 of PVPV Law mandates court referrals for failure to observe Islamic obligations, including prayer, fasting, and parental obedience.

DEC12-07312024-3

Articles 1-3 of PVPV Law formally establishes a religious enforcement regime under Taliban leadership, defining virtue and vice by Hanafi Sharia and empowering officials...