塔利班自2021年重新掌权以来，对阿富汗女性的生活造成了深刻影响[1]。该政权已禁止12岁以上女孩上学，导致约260万女孩无法升入七年级以上学校[1]。阿富汗因此成为全球唯一官方禁止女孩接受中等及以上教育的国家[1]。在就业方面，阿富汗女性就业率仅为7%[1]。同时，女性出行、工作和医疗等方面面临严格限制[1]。
在塔利班严厉的社会管制下，违反规定的女性遭到严苛处罚[1]。官方记录显示自2021年以来数百人遭受鞭刑[1]。一位名叫Shaima的女性因与无亲缘关系的男性交谈遭鞭打50次[1]；另一位名叫Manizha的女性因与男友友谊遭鞭打39次并被监禁[1]。医疗禁令同样带来致命后果，一位45岁的母亲因禁止男医生治疗的规定而在诊所死亡[1]。许多受访女性因恐惧报复而不敢透露真名[1]。
尽管规定严苛，塔利班外交部长Amir Khan Muttaqi声称"妇女并未完全被限制"[1]。
Afghan women have described their existence as fundamentally unrecognizable following five years of Taliban governance since the group's return to power in 2021 [1]. The Taliban has implemented sweeping restrictions that have rendered Afghanistan the only country in the world with an official ban on girls' education beyond the primary level, with approximately 2.6 million girls now unable to advance to seventh grade and beyond [1]. Female employment has collapsed to just 7 percent, while women face severe constraints on their freedom of movement, access to healthcare, and personal autonomy [1].
The restrictions have extended to brutal enforcement mechanisms. Official records document hundreds of flogging cases since 2021, including a woman named Shaima who received 50 lashes for speaking with an unrelated man, and another woman named Manizha who was flogged 39 times and imprisoned for maintaining a friendship with a male acquaintance [1]. Healthcare restrictions have proven deadly: a 45-year-old mother died at a clinic due to regulations prohibiting male doctors from treating her [1]. Many women interviewed by the BBC withheld their real names out of fear of retaliation [1]. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has contested these accounts, asserting that "women are not completely restricted" [1].