The Taliban forbid women from singing, reading, and looking at men in public.

A Taliban spokesman said the laws were enacted on August 21 after being approved by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. The code covers aspects of daily life such as public transportation, music , and beards.

A group of women wearing burqas cross the road as Taliban members drive by in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters

The 114-page document, comprising 35 articles, is the first official declaration of a law on vice and virtue in Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power in 2021.

These laws would give the Taliban the power to manage individual behavior, imposing penalties such as warnings or arrests if law enforcement agencies accuse Afghan citizens of violating the law.

Among the new regulations, Article 13 stipulates that women must cover their faces at all times in public to avoid temptation and seduction. Clothing must not be thin, tight, or short.

Women also have an obligation to cover their faces in the presence of non-Muslim men and women.

Women's voices were considered private and therefore should not be heard singing, reciting poetry, or reading aloud in public. Women were forbidden from looking at men with whom they were not related by blood or marriage, and vice versa.

"We assure you that this Islamic law will greatly help in promoting virtue and eliminating evil," Taliban spokesman Maulvi Abdul Ghafar Farooq said about the new law on August 22.

Last month, a United Nations report stated that the Taliban had contributed to an atmosphere of fear and intimidation among the Afghan people through their decrees and methods of enforcing them.

Ngoc Anh (according to CNN)

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