In Bamyan province, dress shops owners were verbally warned not to sell fashionable and glittery women’s clothing anymore.

Imams, religious figures, told the media in Helmand, to refrain from featuring women in their programs without prior approval. Women were also ordered to stop using social media.

In the southern province of Uruzgan, the governor ordered that women working remotely with non-profit organizations must cease their work. This came after an earlier ban by the Taliban, which prohibited women from working for NGOs, though some had continued to work remotely.