The Taliban's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced that the ministry's ombudsmen arrested 23 people in six provinces of Afghanistan last week.
Fifteen people were arrested in Kabul, Nimroz and Sar-e-Pul and eight others were arrested in Balkh, Zabul and Daikundi on charges of violating the Law on the Promotion of Virtue.
The Taliban has accused these individuals of "moral corruption" and "witchcraft”.
The Taliban leader has authorised the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to detain individuals on charges of violating the controversial Law on the Promotion of Virtue, which was signed in September.
The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said that the 23 arrested individuals had been handed over to judicial institutions after preliminary investigations.
The ombudsman of the Taliban's Ministry inspects people in all provinces through mobile patrols and monitors people's behavior and actions.
These ombudsmen claim that they are reforming society in accordance with the "Islamic Sharia”.
In September, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada signed the controversial law on the promotion of virtue. This law specifies the affairs related to the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice, as well as the scope of the activities of the Ministry's ombudsmen.
According to this law, women's lives outside the home are severely restricted, and women's voices and faces are prohibited too.
These laws, which are implemented under the auspices of the Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, have affected many aspects of the daily lives of the Afghan people, especially women's rights and individual freedoms.
