India, Feb. 3 -- Taliban New Criminal Code: The Taliban in Afghanistan have officially adopted a new criminal code, outlining strict legal measures that prioritize social control, patriarchy, and ideological enforcement over individual rights. The code disproportionately affects women, severely regulating their movement, relationships, family choices, and personal beliefs, while offering limited protection from violence.

Women Can Be Imprisoned for Visiting Family Without Permission Among the most interesting provisions, Article 34 is the one that limits women's freedom of movement. This article provides that "a married woman can be imprisoned for three months if she stays at her birth family's home without her husband's permission or a ...