Human Rights

Sources: Several girls’ madrassas closed in Kabul

According to the sources, the Taliban will no longer renew licenses for existing girls’ madrassas.

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Sources: Taliban ban certain clothing for students, professors in universities

According to the directive, men are no longer allowed to wear dress shirts, trousers, or suits.

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Sources: Taliban detain several women in northern Kabul

Some of the women were released Friday morning, but others remain in detention, the sources said.

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Taliban’s PVPV ministry distributes questionnaires in Kabul schools on Sharia compliance: Sources

They are also required to provide their names and the location of their schools.

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Sources: Taliban forcing Herat shopkeepers to grow long beards

Sources said Taliban morality police have recently entered shops in central Herat, threatening those with short beards.

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Sources: Taliban ban women from traveling without burqa in Panjshir

Taliban morality enforcers have established multiple checkpoints throughout Panjshir to monitor women's clothing, sources said.

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Taliban beat, detain young man in Faryab, sources say

A source said the Taliban official “used his military power under Haqqani’s authority” to assault Azim, striking him some 25.

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Taliban flog 53 people in two weeks

Last week, Taliban sentenced a man in Kapisa province to 39 lashes and a year and a half in prison.

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Bennett says Taliban ‘will not remain in power forever,’ urges global response to abuses

“There is no need to accept that the Taliban have come to stay,” Bennett said.

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Taliban warn Kandahar shopkeepers not to sell to unveiled women: Sources

Shopkeepers were instructed either to refuse service to women entirely or to sell only to those wearing what the Taliban.

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