No Bones Broken, No Crime Committed: Inside the Taliban’s New Rules on Violence Against Women

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22 April 2026, 08:15

KABUL, April 21 (IPS) - The Taliban have announced new laws that effectively legalise domestic violence against women and children. Afghanistan’s supreme leader, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, signed a decree introducing a new criminal code in January. It contains three parts, ten chapters, and 119 articles that legalise violence, codify social inequality, and introduce punitive measures widely condemned as a return to slavery.

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