Taliban Enacts Stringent Morality Laws Restricting Women and Public Life

New regulations mandate full-face veils for women, beards for men, and impose severe limitations on personal freedoms.

The laws, based on a 2022 decree, were officially codified and published by the Taliban's Justice Ministry.
Women are required to cover their faces and bodies entirely and are banned from speaking, singing, or reading aloud in public.
Men must grow beards and are prohibited from shaving or trimming them below a specified length.
Restrictions extend to public transportation, music, and the mingling of unrelated men and women.
Human rights groups and foreign governments have condemned the laws, citing severe repression of women's rights and freedoms.