Edict Type: By Month
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June 2026
Taliban’s morality police in Herat directed local mullahs to announce that, beginning June 6, female inspectors from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice would patrol the city to enforce Taliban dress restrictions, including mandatory face coverings for women. On the first day of the operation, approximately 60 women and girls…
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May 2026
The Taliban’s Principles of Separation Between Spouses, initially issued in January and made public in May, legalizes child marriage and establishes unequal standards of consent. Under the decree, a minor girl who has just reached puberty and remains silent when asked about marriage means consent to marriage, while a boy must explicitly consent.
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January 2026
The Taliban’s supreme leader issued a two-point decree approving new criminal procedural regulations for the courts. It consists of 119 articles across three chapters and ten sections. The regulations legitimize violence against women by husbands and society under the guise of preventing vice, slavery, and speak of enslaved and free, and establish a four-tier class…
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september 2025
Taliban’s governor in Balk province ordered the closure of National Television and directed officials not to grant interviews to any media outlets. In Kandahar province, Taliban banned YouTubers who had been serving as a major propaganda too for the group. The group also banned the use of social media platforms. Taliban banned women employees of…
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August 2025
Taliban’s banned women from owning home-based beauty salons within a month or face arrest. The order asked local officails to report violators. Afghanistan’s National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), under Taliban regime, confirmed that including women’s photos in national ID cards was optional rather than mandatory. The order to not have women’s photos came from…
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July 2025
Taliban’s supreme leader, issued a decree banning poetry and any any criticism of Taliban’s regime. The decree also stated that any publications must receive prior approvals from Taliban’s Ministry of Culture and Information.
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June 2025
In Kandahar province, Taliban’s Education Department banned the use of smartphones in schools and madrasas by all.
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May 2025
Taliban’s Ministry of Education ordered Provincial Education Departments, mandating the complete separation of boys’ and girls’ schools. The order also stated that men teachers will only teach boys and women teachers will only teach girls. In Herat province, Taliban’s morality department, Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue ordered the Traffic Department to prohibit women…
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April 2025
The pension edict came into effect in which pensioners are required to submit an application to the court. The court will then review the applications and make a decision.