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title: "Taliban imposes nationwide ban on protests in Afghanistan under new police law"
description: "Most outlets reported the imposition of a nationwide ban on protests in Afghanistan by the Taliban, citing a newly approved police law. The framing was largely consistent, with both excerpts emphasizing the complete nature of the ban and its legal basis. The Daily Times added that the decision followed approval by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, while 24 News HD noted the timing of the report as Saturday."
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# Taliban imposes nationwide ban on protests in Afghanistan under new police law

world · latest filing 22 Aug 2026, 11:22 PM PKT · 22 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the imposition of a nationwide ban on protests in Afghanistan by the Taliban, citing a newly approved police law. The framing was largely consistent, with both excerpts emphasizing the complete nature of the ban and its legal basis. The Daily Times added that the decision followed approval by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, while 24 News HD noted the timing of the report as Saturday.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **24 News HD** — [Taliban regime imposes complete ban on protests across Afghanistan](https://www.24newshd.tv/22-Aug-2026/taliban-regime-imposes-complete-ban-protests-across-afghanistan) · 22 Aug 2026, 11:22 PM PKT
  > The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has imposed a complete ban on all forms of protest across the country under a newly approved police law, 24newsHD TV reported on Saturday.
- **Daily Times** — [Afghan Taliban impose nationwide ban on protests across the country](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1542292/afghan-taliban-impose-nationwide-ban-on-protests-across-the-country/) · 22 Aug 2026, 11:20 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Afghanistan’s Taliban government has imposed a complete ban on protests across the country. The decision follows approval of a new police law by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. Afghan media reported that the new law formally prohibits all forms of demonstrations. The Afghan Ministry of Justice issued the law on Saturday. Read More: Govt rejects baseless Afghan […]

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- [Taliban government defends protest ban under Islamic law](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6185-taliban-govt-claims-islam-doesn-t-allow-protests) · 3 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related
- [HRW criticises Taliban government over new protest ban](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5054-human-rights-watch-slams-ruthless-taliban-govt-after-ban) · 28 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 74% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 22 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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