Afghanistan – Continued Oppression & Violation of Human Rights
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Date: August 1, 2025
Taliban Detain Dozens Of Young Women In Western Kabul Amid Renewed Crackdown
July 19, 2025Local sources in Dasht-e Barchi reported that officers from the Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice carried out the arrests on Friday, and Saturday.
According to eyewitnesses, women were taken from multiple locations, including 20-Metre Road, Barchi City Centre, and two minivans in Rasalat Alley. Witnesses also reported that Taliban enforcers used force during the arrests and that no female officers were present.
The location of the detainees remains unknown, and families have expressed growing concern over their well-being.
This marks the second such operation within days.
On Wednesday, nearly 100 young women were detained in the Shahr-e Naw area of Kabul. Local sources reported that women were taken from streets, markets, and hospitals and transferred to Taliban-run detention centres.
Most of the women were reportedly in compliance with Islamic dress codes at the time of arrest.
Footage obtained by Afghanistan International shows women visibly distressed and surrounded by Taliban enforcers during the raids. Some of those detained were released after spending one night in custody, following written guarantees submitted by their families.
The latest arrests coincided with reports of Taliban morality police conducting inspections at restaurants in the Shahr-e Naw district on the same day.
The Taliban has not issued an official statement regarding the reason for the detentions.
In the wake of the arrests, the Afghanistan Freedom Front announced that the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue would now be considered a legitimate military target. Former Afghan officials and political leaders have also condemned the arrests, describing them as unlawful and a violation of basic rights.
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Taliban Flog Man, Woman In Kabul For Alleged Illicit Relationship | Afghanistan International
Taliban Flog Man, Woman In Kabul For Alleged Illicit Relationship
June 24, 2025 – The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that a man and a woman were publicly flogged in Kabul on Monday after being convicted of having sexual relations outside of marriage.
According to the court, the pair were each sentenced to 39 lashes and one year and six months in prison by the Taliban’s primary court in Kabul’s Fourth District. The flogging was carried out in the courtyard of the court.
This marked the second flogging reported by the Taliban in a single day. Earlier in Sar-e Pol province, another individual was publicly flogged on charges of “trespassing and causing injury,” according to local officials.
The Taliban regularly issues statements on the implementation of corporal punishments. Last week alone, the group reported that at least 56 men and women had been flogged across Afghanistan for a range of alleged offences.
Over the past four years, international human rights organisations have repeatedly called on the Taliban to end the use of corporal punishment. However, the group continues to defend public floggings and executions as part of its interpretation of Islamic Sharia Law.
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