Accurate scrutiny should begin with precision about what the law actually says, how it functions legally, and where ...

The reinstatement of slavery in Afghanistan removes all doubt that the Taliban intend to subject Afghanistan to a hideously ...

In January 2026, the Taliban implemented a new Criminal Procedure Code that serves less as a judicial framework and more as a ...

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, triggering widespread ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban has unveiled a new criminal procedure code that divides citizens into rigid legal classes, grants ...

The 'Criminal Procedure Code for Courts' divides Afghan society into four social tiers: religious scholars, elite, middle ...

At first glance, the criminal code appears to be a typical legal framework. But the state’s goal is not to protect citizens, ...

The Taliban’s new criminal code in Afghanistan has legalised slavery and granted mullahs legal immunity. Here is more about ...

The regime’s new criminal code ‘Criminal Procedure Code for Courts’ looks to follow and intensity its regressive social and political stances, as it has provisions that would legalise slavery and ...