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DEC12-07312024-4

Articles 4-8 of PVPV Law mandates moral regulation for all people in Afghanistan under Hanafi jurisprudence, granting the Ministry exclusive power to enforce religious...

DEC12-07312024-6

Article 13 of PVPV Law enforces full-body covering, bans public female speech, and restricts women's visibility and movement.

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.

DEC12-09092024

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

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...

DEC3-03042023

Taliban nullified thousands of divorce cases ruled in the Republic of Afghanistan.

DEC4-03212023

Ban on women entering restaurants in Takhar without a male guardian, and enforces prayer-related rules on public hospitality venues.

DEC5-01302024

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

DEC5-03012022

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

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.

DEC5-12192021

Verbal directive prescribing full-body hijab with face and eye covering for women.

DEC6-02032023

Ban on marriages between shia and sunni in Badakhshan province.

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.

DEC6-11252024

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

DEC7-08262024-B

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

DEC7-12142023

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

DEC8-06172022

Directive prohibiting women from attending Friday prayers in Herat.