Edict Type: By Month
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March 2025
In Kandahar province, Taliban banned the publication and broadcast of women’s voices across all media outlets.
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February 2025
Taliban banned political talks shows from all media. Taliban’s Ministry of Economy in Zabul province suspended Intersos, a healthcare aid organization, and confiscated their equipment and property. Taliban’s spokesperson announced that the regime does not consider itself bound by the Rome Statute. This statement came shortly after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for…
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January 2025
Taliban’s Ministry of Education ordered a standard uniform for students and teachers. It requires that male students and teachers wear a hat or turban along with a shalwar kameez. The order also mentioned specific color, length, and style of the uniform. Taliban’s Ministry of Economy ordered ACBAR, a coalition of NGOs, to emphasize the enforcement…
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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…