Work & Livelihoods

The right to work includes equal opportunity and protection against forced labor. This section addresses employment bans, gender-based labor restrictions, and moral regulation of professions.
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DEC1-01152025

Taliban closed 16 educational centers in Paktia province, including community-based education.

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...

DEC1-01212023

Prohibition of girls from participating in university entrance exams.

DEC1-01252025

The Taliban closed an educational center in Ghor Province for teaching girls and arrested the teachers.

DEC1-02012022

Orders to resume university classes for boys in cold regions without female students.

DEC1-03062025

Taliban begins removing former government teachers in Khost.

DEC1-03102025

The Taliban terminated the employment of six university professors in Badakhshan.

DEC1-04162023

Ban on the activities of all educational institutions in Kandahar and Helmand provinces.

DEC1-04282024

Closure of 200 educational classes in Khost province.

DEC1-05102022

Banning women from choosing majors like agriculture, civil engineering, journalism, veterinary sciences, and geology in university entrance exams.

DEC1-06062024

University entrance exams started in 16 provinces without female participation.

DEC1-08232022

Official decree mandates complete gender segregation in all educational institutions, enforcing discriminatory staff reassignments and restructuring.

DEC1-11302024

The Taliban closed local community-based education supported by UNICEF in Nangarhar Province.

DEC1-12042024

Ban on the education of women in medical institutions.

DEC1-12222023

Taliban cabinet formalize nationwide ban on all female higher education, public and private.

DEC10-05292024

Taliban fighters forcibly shut down the inauguration of a women-led coffee shop and library in Kabul.

DEC10-06062023

Banned music at wedding halls in Herat, warning of punishment for violators.

DEC10-08192024

The Taliban burned musical instruments in Parwan.

DEC11-08312024

Taliban governor and Minister of Tribal Affairs forcibly evict 600 families in Dowlatyar district of Ghor, violating ancestral land rights and overriding legal rulings.

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.
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