The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice published an official decree in which Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada ratified the “Law of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.”
On August 21, a 19-year-old girl named Kam was tragically murdered by her father in Faryab province.
The “Purple Saturdays Movement” condemned the Taliban’s new regulations regarding the behavior and attire of women and girls, labeling it a serious violation of women’s privacy and fundamental human rights.
Following the ratification and publication of Mullah Hibatullah Akzada’s new decrees in the official gazette, numerous women and girls have expressed that this law has instilled anxiety within them, fearing increased restrictions on their participation in society.
A 19-year-old girl in Her tragically took her own life by due to forced marriage, having been engaged for five months.
Purple Saturdays Movement in response to the approval of the Taliban’s new law, held a protest, declaring that the Taliban lack both popular and international legitimacy and have no authority to draft or ratify such laws.
The Taliban announced a ban on the broadcasting of educational programs through private media in Khost province, instructing that from now on, the airing of educational content about subjects beyond the sixth grade must cease.
In reaction to the new law’s ratification, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that this action represents yet another step towards silencing the people of Afghanistan, particularly women and girls.
Some women in Badghis province have reported that due to unemployment and confinement to their homes, their visibility in society has diminished, resulting in adverse mental health conditions.
Neda Mohammad Nadeem, the Taliban’s Minister of Higher Education, has prohibited inquiries regarding the education of girls until further notice.
The United Nations Women’s Division has expressed concern over the ratification of the Taliban’s new law on morality, stating that the group has effectively excluded women from the public sphere.
Residents of Ghor province report that they lack access to essential health and medical services, with women—particularly pregnant mothers—facing significant health challenges.
As 1,072 days have passed since girls’ schools were closed in Afghanistan, many of these students lament that their fate has been forgotten, with no attention given to the reopening of girls’ schools.
Local sources in Daikundi have reported the sexual assault of a young girl by a Taliban moral enforcement officer in the province.
The Supreme Court of Taliban has announced that two men and one woman in Khost were publicly flogged on charges of “running away from home” and “facilitating the escape of a woman.”
The Washington Post, in an article concerning Afghan women, has noted that the Taliban seeks to establish a society marked by gender apartheid in which the government silences women’s voices and deprives them of their rights.
- نویسنده : Afghanistan Women News Agency
- منبع خبر : Afghanistan Women News Agency
