Edict Type: By Month
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December 2024
Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, issued a new decree barring Afghan women from attending medical institutions. This order effective cut off the last avenue for higher education to Afghan women. The Taliban’s Ministry of Economics ordered all national and international organizations, excluding Taliban affiliated organizations, to suspend their female employees. Any organization that violates the directive…
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November 2024
In Uruzgan province, the Taliban shut down community-based education learning run by international NGOs. These centers provide small-scale classes in remote areas, offering vital educational access to children who would otherwise be deprived of schooling. In Herat province, the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue officials closed down five cafes run by women. In Bamyan province, the…
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October 2024
In Takhar province, the Taliban banned local media and journalists from taking photos or videos of living beings. According to the Taliban’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue, capturing images or footage of any living creature is strictly prohibited. In Balkh province, the Taliban banned women from accessing the joint Afghanistan-Uzbekistan market on the border. In…
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September 2024
In Kandahar province, imams/religious leaders and Taliban’s Vice and Virtue enforcers told worshipers to prohibit women from using smartphones. The Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health suspended Afghanistan’s polio vaccination campaign. The Taliban views vaccines as a “Western agenda” against the Muslim population. Women in Balkh province were once again prohibited from going to parks. This…
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August 2024
The Taliban published their new law in an official gazette, adding to their already extensive list of bans. Reportedly written by the Taliban Supreme Leader himself, the law prohibited women’s voices in public, imposed new dress codes for both women and men and forbade friendships or contact with non-Muslims, citing fears of “corruption.” During a…
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July 2024
The Taliban’s Acting Deputy Minister of Finance, Abdul Qadir Ahmad, issued a statement that per their leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, all women civil servants will receive 5,000 AFN. 5000 AFN is the equivalent of about $65 a month. Women in the majority Hazara province were told to comply with the new hijab mandate – covering head…
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June 2024
The Taliban authorities announced that all Afghan women who are still working, regardless of their rank, education, or specialty, will receive a uniform salary of 5,000 AFS, equivalent to $71. This included women physicians, nurses, midwives, teachers, and a few others. The Taliban has banned women from working and only some are employed in a…
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May 2024
Families and couples dining out must present a “marriage certificate” to prove they are legally married in order to eat together at a restaurant.
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April 2024
The Taliban’s Ministry of Education mandated that private schools sign an agreement prohibiting the enrollment of girls over the age of 10 or those in grades 7 and above. Additionally, the Taliban has imposed a requirement for all working women to obtain a work permit from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Following an…
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March 2024
In a major speech, the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah, announced the continuation of public stoning and flogging of women, defending these practices as consistent with their interpretation of Islamic law. He stated firmly that the Taliban would not yield to Western pressure to abandon such practice. In an effort to further suppress and intimidate, the…