As per a report, the Taliban are detaining women for improper dress. The number of detentions and violence against women is increasing.

The Taliban in Afghanistan strictly limits women's rights to work, education, and movement through brutal enforcement, according to a new U.N. report.

The UNAMA report, published for the period October to December 2023, states that officials from the Department for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice strictly enforce compliance with hijab and other dress requirements in public places, offices, and educational institutions, as well as set up checkpoints to monitor the population under extreme fear conditions.

Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of UNAMA stated that enforcement measures involving physical violence are especially demeaning and dangerous for Afghan women and girls. Detentions carry an enormous stigma that put Afghan women at even greater risk. They also destroy public trust.

The growing suppression of women by the Taliban is causing concern among the human rights community, and the absence of international intervention is leaving many Afghans feeling ignored.

Heather Barr, Women's Rights Associate Director for Human Rights Watch, stated to Planet Chronicle Digital that she believes the international community is becoming more disengaged and uninterested in addressing Taliban human rights violations.

Despite widespread agreement that the Taliban's abuses against women and girls are unacceptable, there is no clear or immediate plan to address the issue.

The strict dress code and morality laws imposed after the Taliban's takeover in August 2021 have instilled fear in the country through chilling examples of the morality police's pervasive implementation.

The Taliban prohibits unmarried or unaccompanied women from working or utilizing public services. According to reports, three female healthcare workers were detained for going to work without a male guardian. Additionally, women without a male guardian were denied access to healthcare facilities for treatment. Department officials frequently enforce the law by visiting hospitals and other public spaces.

In December, a healthcare facility worker was warned by Vice and Virtue ministry officials that she would lose her job if she did not get married, as it is inappropriate for an unmarried woman to work.

The Taliban is enforcing their April 2022 hijab decree, detaining women for violating the public dress mandate. Women are usually released after a male relative signs a decree pledging their compliance.

In recent weeks, the Taliban has been arresting women and girls for wearing improper hijab, which has caused alarm among us, Barr stated.

The crackdown by the Taliban is intensifying, with no end in sight, and Afghan women and girls are facing increasing difficulties daily.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) in Afghanistan is calling for more U.S. and international assistance to fight the Taliban, but their requests have been ignored so far.

The absence of international support for Afghan women in the National Resistance Front is incomprehensible, according to Jazz Cannon, an Afghan American women rights activist and advocate for Vets4NRF, who spoke to Planet Chronicle Digital.

Ahmad Massoud and the NRF will grant Afghan women their rights, as the Taliban and President Biden will not. Cannon stated this.

Despite the odds, the NRF, led by Ahmad Massoud, remains the most formidable Afghan resistance unit fighting the Taliban and has vowed to continue the fight.

The NRF's Head of Foreign Relations, Ali Maisam Nazary, emphasized the importance of the international community and the people of Afghanistan coming together to support the NRF in their fight against the Taliban's terrorism and oppression, in order to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a nation on the brink of destruction, as he spoke to Planet Chronicle Digital.