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Taliban morality police arrested 10 women in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, for not wearing a burqa despite being in Islamic dress. Their whereabouts remain unknown. Sep
Taliban morality police arrested 10 women in Lashkar Gah, Helmand, for not wearing a burqa despite being in Islamic dress. Their whereabouts remain unknown. Separately, two female students were detained in Herat while traveling to a private educational center. A former detainee described systematic physical and psychological abuse inside Taliban detention facilities. Taliban officials denied the arrests.
HR-DET-01HR-SGBV-01HR-TORT-01 ICCPR Art. 9; UDHR Art. 9Taliban morality police arrested 10 women in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, following a verbal confrontation with enforcers from the Ministry for the Propagatio
Taliban morality police arrested 10 women in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, following a verbal confrontation with enforcers from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. Local sources, including two journalists, described this as the first reported detention of women in the province under the Taliban's latest enforcement campaign.
HR-DET-01HR-SGBV-01HR-MIN-01 ICCPR Art. 9; UDHR Art. 9The record is what reached us and passed review. Thin coverage in a province reflects reporting conditions and access as much as the underlying situation, and absence of incidents is not evidence of absence of violations. No figure here is a national total.