Afghanistan’s Taliban

February 4, 2025 5:37 PM

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban vow to stay united despite “enemy” bids to cause rifts

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and the people, a spokesman said, ruling out the prospect of conflict or war stemming from differences of opinion. Some analysts and diplomats have voiced concern that divisions in the Taliban, which fought a 20-year war against foreign forces and took over Afghanistan in 2021, might spill over into instability as they seek to restore control. "Enemies" dreamed of sowing divi...

Taliban codify morality laws requiring Afghan women to cover faces, men to grow beards

Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music, the Justice Ministry said. The rules, promoted as in line with Islamic sharia law and to be enforced by the morality ministry, were based on a decree by the Taliban's supreme spiritual leader in 2022 and were now officially published as law, a Justice Ministry spokesman said. The morality mi...