Unspeakable New Suffering for Afghan Women.

The article reports on the Taliban government's release of a manifesto which cites decrees that suppress Afghan women's rights. Topics discussed include the empowerment of vice and virtue police to detain people and destroy their property if they violate the vice and virtue laws, some of restrictions on women including no education beyond 6th grade, no access to public spaces and no leaving the home if not fully covered, and human rights groups' criticism of the vice and virtue regulations.