Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music.
Taliban Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund is seen in this handout image dated Sept. 13, 2023. Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music, the Justice Ministry said.
Western capitals, led by Washington, have said the path to formal recognition of the Taliban is largely stalled until they reverse course on women's rights and open high schools to girls. The requirements include women to wear attire that fully covers their bodies and faces and bars men from shaving their beards as well as from skipping prayer and religious fasts.Penalties for violations included "advice, warnings of divine punishment, verbal threats, confiscation of property, detention for one hour to three days in public jails, and any other punishment deemed appropriate," the Justice Ministry added.
Morality ministry officials have been monitoring Afghans throughout the country for alleged offenses for the past three years. The ministry said this week that in the past year it had detained over 13,000 people, though it did not break down the alleged offenses or gender of the detainees. It said around half of the detentions were for 24 hours.
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