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DEC5-10292025

An individual was publicly flogged with 39 lashes in Balkh province following a court ruling for transporting alcoholic beverages.

DEC4-10232025

The Taliban in Badakhshan have approved and implemented an incentive procedure aimed at converting Ismailis to Sunni Islam.

DEC12-10132025-B

The Taliban are conducting ideological inspections of doctors and staff at a hospital in Kabul.

DEC1-08262025-B

The Taliban have banned the teaching of 679 books in public and private universities.

DEC1-08252025

The Taliban have removed 18 subjects from university curricula and permitted 201 others to be taught only after mandatory ideological revision.

DEC3-08252025

Taliban authorities publicly flogged and imprisoned twelve individuals, including two women, for morality and drug-related offenses in Parwan province.

DEC1-08202025

The Taliban have banned the education of women and girls in religious schools.

DEC3-07202025

A teacher in Paktika was sentenced to death by Taliban courts following a closed trial without legal representation, family access, or due process.

DEC2-07082025

The Taliban order collection of zakat (taxes) from the people in Paktika without providing any public services.

DEC3-07082025

Taliban authorities in Faryab publicly carried out imprisonment and flogging against an individual convicted of transporting alcoholic beverages.

DEC3-06242025

Taliban authorities in Faryab publicly carried out imprisonment and flogging against an individual accused of claiming to represent Imam Mahdi and undermining the Islamic...

DEC2-05072025

The Taliban Ministry of Higher Education dismissed and reassigned university faculty, citing compliance with Islamic and administrative measures, while appointing Taliban clerics as professors.

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...

DEC5-04102025

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

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...

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...

DEC5-02172025

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

DEC3-02122025

The Taliban leader addressed Kandahar University, outlining the ideological role of higher education as subordinate to religious authority and the Islamic Emirate’s system, declaring...

DEC10-02032025

The Taliban forcibly converted at least 80 Ismaili and Shia residents in Badakhshan Province.

DEC1-01202025

The Taliban Ministry of Higher Education ordered the dismissal and removal of university professors, including at Kabul University and polytechnic universities, citing undefined “Islamic...

DEC10-01152025

Taliban ban on women’s participation in mosque worship and Shia itikaf ceremonies in Herat Province.

DEC2-01062025-A

Taliban ordered recruitment of religious preachers in health centers.

DEC6-11252024

Bans issues of tazkira (national ID) to a Sunni woman and her children's due to her marriage with a Shia man.

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...

DEC4-10262024

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

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."

DEC12-07312024-7

Article 14 of PVPV Law imposes religious dress codes on men, limiting personal autonomy and expression.

DEC12-07312024-9

Article 16 of PVPV Law criminalizes perceived disrespect toward Islamic figures, suppressing religious diversity and dissent.

DEC12-07312024-10

Article 17 of PVPV Law enforces religious conformity and censors media, banning images and critical content.