Life Under the Taliban
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If you are interested, here is the THE PROPAGATION OF VIRTUE AND PREVENTION OF VICE LAW put out by the esteemed leaders of Afghanistan.
Some highlights
Since retaking power, the Taliban have increasingly imposed and enforced strict dress codes, particularly on women and girls. They assert that when women and girls leave their homes, they must wear the “sharia hijab”, which requires their faces to be covered entirely, except for their eyes. Girls in the fourth to sixth grades have been required to cover their faces
when travelling to and from school.- The law reinforces this requirement, stating, in articles 3 and 13, that women (and girls) must cover their entire bodies and stipulating that their clothing should not be “thin”, “short” or “tight”. They are required, under article 13 (2) and (6), to cover their faces around men who are not their mahram (male guardian) to avoid potential fitna.
9 Women and men who are not related are prohibited from looking at each other’s bodies or faces (art. 13 (7)).
Muslim women are also obliged to cover themselves around non-Muslim or “impious” women to prevent fitna (art. 13 (6)).- In addition to confirming pre-existing restrictions on women’s appearance, the law imposes new restrictions on their voices being heard – including the sound of them singing
or reading aloud in public, which are considered awrah 10 and should be concealed.
Article 13 (8) stipulates that when a woman leaves her home, she must not only cover her face and body but also refrain from raising her voice.
Also,
in practice, any travel on public transport by a woman without a mahram can be prohibited, regardless of the purpose
or the distance.Under article 22 (20), Muslims are prohibited from being friends with or helping non-Muslims.
Muhtasibs are required to prevent the sound of music from
emanating from gatherings or homes (art. 22 (10)), while staff and drivers of commercial vehicles are prohibited from playing musicSummary
The law on the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice is a deeply discriminatory and regressive law codifying and consolidating the numerous discriminatory and oppressive policies imposed by the Taliban since they seized power
in 2021. It confirms that extreme forms of discrimination are not an incidental feature of Taliban rule, but rather a core element of their overall ideology and official policy.
The law, coupled with wider restrictions on the lives and rights of Afghans, forms part of a deliberate and calculated strategy to entrench Taliban control by enforcing a rigid
and repressive social order. As such, the law functions as both a symptom and a tool of Taliban oppression, persecution and control.More analysis at the link, which was helped to be prepared by a friend of a friend
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session58/advance-version/a-hrc-58-74-aev.pdf
