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Between July and September, Afghanistan’s Taliban detained 52 women and one girl in Kabul and Herat for violating strict dress codes and movement restrictions, including infractions like wearing makeup or colorful scarves. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported these detentions and expressed grave concern over verbal abuse, beatings, and threats against detainees. These arrests reflect the Taliban’s enforcement of their 2024 Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which mandates women to cover their entire bodies, including faces in public spaces, and prohibits them from appearing without a male guardian or mahram.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
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Story summary
Between July and September, Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities detained 52 women and one girl in Kabul and Herat for violating strict dress codes. According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), detentions were based on trivial reasons such as wearing makeup, colorful scarves, or leaving hair visible. UNAMA expressed “gravely concerned” about these practices, noting that safety concerns and social stigma may mean many cases go unreported. The mission also highlighted reports of verbal abuse, beatings, and threats against women, including female shopkeepers. Taliban officials did not immediately respond to the claims. These actions reflect how closely the Taliban monitors and restricts women’s public appearance and behavior under their rule.
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Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities detained 52 women and one girl between July and September for alleged dress code violations and appearing in public without a male guardian, including for wearing makeup, colourful scarves or leaving their hair visible, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Thursday.
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Mission → detain → Thursday
The arrests were reported in Kabul and the western city of Herat.
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arrests → report → Herat
UNAMA said it was “gravely concerned” about the detentions and threats of arrest, warning that safety concerns and stigma could mean many more cases had gone unreported.
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cases → say → arrest
It also raised alarm over reports of verbal abuse, beatings and threats against women, including female shopkeepers.
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It → raise → shopkeepers
The Taliban government did not immediately respond to the statement.
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government → respond → statement
What can get women detained under Taliban rule?
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women → get → rule
The reasons cited in the latest cases offer a glimpse of how closely the Taliban police women’s appearance and movement in public.
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Taliban → cite → public
Women were reportedly detained for not wearing a chador, leaving their hair visible, wearing colourful scarves or makeup, or going out without a mahram, a close male relative who acts as a guardian.
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who → detain → guardian
These restrictions sit alongside the Taliban’s 2024 Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which lays out detailed requirements for women’s clothing and conduct.
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which → sit → clothing
Article 13 says women must cover their entire bodies and states that they should cover their faces to prevent fitna.
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they → say → fitna
It also requires women to conceal their voices in certain public settings, including singing, reciting or chanting aloud in gatherings.
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It → require → gatherings
The law further says women’s clothing must not be thin, short or tight, and that women must conceal their bodies and faces from men who are not close male relatives.
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who → say → men
It also says an adult woman leaving home for an urgent need must conceal her voice, face and body.
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woman → say → voice
The law applies across Afghanistan and provides for a sequence of enforcement measures, ranging from warnings and fines to detention.
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law → apply → detention
The translated text also allows enforcers to impose other punishments they consider appropriate, subject to the law’s stated conditions.
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they → translate → conditions
A wider crackdown on women
Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed sweeping restrictions on women and girls, including barring girls from education beyond primary school and curbing women’s movement and participation in public life.
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Taliban → return → life
The latest detentions come months after Taliban authorities opened fire on a rare protest in Herat in June over the arrest of women for alleged dress code violations.
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authorities → come → violations
At least one person was killed and several others were wounded, according to witnesses and UNAMA.
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