An Afghan women’s group on Friday hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their persecution of women.

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan announced Thursday he had requested arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials, including the leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.

In a statement, the Afghan Women’s Movement for Justice and Awareness celebrated the ICC decision and called it a “great historical achievement.”

“We consider this achievement a symbol of the strength and will of Afghan women and believe this step will start a new chapter of accountability and justice in the country,” the group said.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-womens-group-hails-courts-move-arrest-taliban-118055051

The Taliban Ministry of Justice has announced that the "Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" law has been enacted in Afghanistan. This law, consisting of a preamble, four chapters, and 35 articles, was published in the official gazette on Wednesday (August 21).

According to this law, covering the entire body of women is mandatory, and covering the face is considered necessary to "prevent fitna". Additionally, women's voices are deemed "awrah." This law also considers Nowruz and Yalda Nigh, women's voices being heard outside the home, and watching pictures and videos of living beings on computers and mobile phones as "specific vices."

Article 13 of the law is dedicated to the provisions related to women's hijab and includes clauses that emphasize the "necessity of covering the entire body of women" and that "women's voices (singing loudly, reciting naats, and recitation in public) are awrah."

The law also addresses the provisions related to men's dress and emphasizes that "the awrah of men is from the navel to the knees" and that men are obligated to "dress in a way that conceals their awrah when engaging in leisure activities and sports, provided that the clothing is not too tight and does not reveal the shape of their limbs."

In addition, the new Taliban law gives the enforcers of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice the responsibility to compel the media to publish content that does not contradict Sharia and does not contain images of living beings.

The Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice and its enforcers, are responsible for implementing this law.

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In response to the Talibs’ attempts to use the longstanding Durand dispute to whip up support for their unelected regime, leading figures from the Republic era have rejected this move by explicitly recognising the existing border for the first time.

Female liberation, democracy and unity must be prioritised over tribal or ethnic disputes for Afghanistan to flourish.

"United Nations Security Council says Taliban officials and fighters committed sexual violence against women, with United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan documenting 21 cases involving 15 women and six girls in 2025."

https://www.afintl.com/en/202605296448

Land declared “usurped” and “state (Emirate) property”, residents fear forced eviction

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https://kabulnow.com/2026/04/taliban-declare-over-3-km²-of-omid-sabz-township-state-owned/

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Barbie and Peter Reynolds, 75 and 79, were detained by the Taliban's interior ministry on February 1, their daughter Sarah Entwistle, who lives in central England, said.

The BBC, citing official Taliban sources, reported on Sunday that two British nationals believed to be working for a non-governmental organisation in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan had been arrested. It cited one official as saying they had been arrested about 20 days ago after using a plane without informing local authorities.

Speaking to Times Radio on Monday, Entwistle said her parents had initially kept in touch via text messages following their detention - assuring their four children that they were fine - before losing all contact three days later."Our parents have always sought to honour the Taliban, so we wanted to give them the opportunity to explain their reasons for this detention. However, after more than three weeks of silence, we can no longer wait," she said."We're now urgently calling on the British consulate to do everything in their power to get us answers and to put as much pressure as they can on the Taliban for their release."

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-urged-help-elderly-british-couple-detained-by-taliban-2025-02-24/