Any criticism of the Taliban government's laws is a criticism of Islam and is punishable by Islamic law.

The Taliban government announced the enactment of a new law stating that "any criticism of the laws of the Taliban government is a criticism of Islam and is punishable by Islamic law."

In the past two days, the Taliban Ministry of Justice issued an official announcement warning Afghan citizens that if they oppose or criticize the new laws, they will be dealt with severely and summoned to court.

Following the "Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil" law, which was enacted last month (August) and attracted much criticism both inside and outside the country, the Taliban government's Ministry of Justice said: "Since all laws and regulations of this government are enacted based on Islamic law, any criticism of it is a criticism of Islam and will result in Islamic punishment."

This announcement was made and published following the "Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil" law. A law that has affected the lives of Afghan people, especially women. According to Article 13 of this law, in addition to making it mandatory for women to cover their entire bodies and even make it necessary to cover their faces due to fear of sedition, even women's voices for reciting poetry or even the Quran, which is referred to as "covering private parts" and is against Islamic law, were also banned.

After the Taliban government issued the aforementioned law, many member states of the United Nations Security Council called on the Taliban government to repeal the law because it restricts women's rights.

Regarding this law, the United Nations Security Council planned to issue a resolution on September 3, condemning the Taliban government's new law, but it was blocked by Russia and China, because these two countries stated that the international community should help Afghanistan and not condition its assistance on issues such as human rights.

After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, they abolished the constitution enacted by the previous government and issued and implemented any law they deemed appropriate, by their own decree and in the name of Islamic Sharia. Abdul Hakim Sharia, the Taliban's Minister of Justice, had also stated in the past: "Criticism of the lack of a constitution in Afghanistan is baseless and their laws are based on the Quran and Islamic Hadiths."

The Taliban government, which is in its fourth year in power, has not only failed to convince the international community to cooperate to save Afghanistan from international isolation, but also continues to violate the basic rights of the Afghan people, especially the rights of women and girls.

The international community has considered the recognition of the Taliban government to be conditional on ensuring women's rights, freedom of expression, establishing an inclusive government, and gaining domestic legitimacy, while the Taliban government has not fulfilled any of them. In this regard, the United Nations Women's Office also stated: "The situation of Afghan women has become much worse during the Taliban's rise to power than in the past."