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U.N.: Men with 'wrong' hairstyle, women speaking in public targeted under Taliban law
The Taliban's morality police -- some 3,300 officers vested by the regime to enforce its so-called "Propagation of Virtue and ...
Taliban Morality Police Arrests Men For Wrong Hairstyle, Skipping Mosque: UN
Over half of detentions made under laws regulating people's conduct, concerned "either men not having the compliant beard ...
Taliban’s morality police arrest men for skipping mosque or wrong hairstyles
During the holy fasting month of Ramadan, men’s attendance at mandated prayers was closely monitored, leading at times to ...
Taliban at moral policing again: Targets men, barbers over hairstyle, others for missing prayers
Vice and virtue Ministry published laws last August covering many aspects everyday life in Afghanistan, including public ...
Inter Press Service3dOpinion
Taliban View Even Women’s Cosmetics as a Threat to Their Rule
The consequence of the house raids is that women become anxious and fearful; they even decide to destroy their own cosmetics.
Inter Press Service4d
Challenging the Taliban’s Violations of Afghan Women’s Rights
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a retired professor of international relations, most recently at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU). He taught courses on international negotiation and ...
The Independent11dOpinion
The internal challenge to Afghanistan’s ban on girls’ secondary education
With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention ...
Jurist13d
Voices of Afghanistan Interview Series: ‘Afghan women are not just victims; we are strong, resilient, and capable’
In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international ...