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Decrees, orders and Instructions of Taleban supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada

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(English translation and original Pashto and Dari)

AAN has translated the decrees, edicts and instructions of Taleban supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, from 2016, when he became leader, to May 2023, which were published in the Official Gazette on 22 May 2023 in Pashto and Dari. 

You can preview the English translation online, after the list of decrees, orders and instructions and download it by clicking the link below. 

The original Official Gazette in Pashto and Dari can also be previewed below or downloaded by clicking on the link.

List of decrees, orders and instructions

  1. Order regarding prisoners of war (85/Vol 1), 25 June 2016
  2. Instruction confirming validity of all edits issued by the late mullah, Akhtar Muhammad Mansur (82/Vol 1), 1 June 2016
  3. Instruction forbidding persecution of those afforded a certificate of protection (86/Vol 1), 10 July 2016
  4. Instruction barring demands that those leaving the former government should be armed (87/Vol 1), 10 July 2016
  5. Decree concerning cooperating with the Department for Invitation and Guidance on Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice (33/ Vol 2), 5 April 2017
  6. Decree concerning stopping ‘implanted’ people (43/ Vol 2), [6 May 2017
  7. Decree concerning leasing state land to the public (45/ Vol 2), 6 May 2017
  8. Decree prohibiting indecency and profanity in the media, communications and letters (46/ Vol 2), 6 May 2017
  9. Decree on the use of official seals (47/ Vol 2), 6 May 2017
  10. Decree on obtaining leadership approval for hudud and qisas punishments (49/ Vol 2), 6 May 2017
  11. Decree on preventing the illegal grabbing and seizure of private land (44/ Vol 4), 6 May 2019
  12. Order concerning office accessories and state equipment (31/ Vol 4), 21 February 2019
  13. Instructions concerning cutting long hair (48/ Vol 4), 20 June 2019
  14. Decree concerning authorisation for keeping suspects in custody (8/ Vol 5), 4 November 2019
  15. Decree concerning the proper treatment of prisoners (9/ Vol 5), 4 November 2019
  16. Order concerning the safekeeping of decrees, orders and classified documents (36/ Vol 5), 7 December 2019
  17. Decree concerning missing persons (43/ Vol 5), 7 December 2019
  18. Order concerning printing books by the departments and commissions of the Emirate (61/ Vol 5), 4 February 2020
  19. Decree concerning liquidating general fronts (124/ Vol 6), 18 January 2021
  20. Order prohibiting punishment and filming [the scene] without a court order 65/ Vol 6), 2 November 2020
  21. Decree concerning the prevention of the usurpation of state land (4), 22 September 2021
  22. Decree the non-transferability of land ownership without the permission of the leadership (8), 23 October 2021
  23. Decree concerning the jurisdiction of military courts (19), 28 November 2021
  24. Decree concerning women’s rights (83/ Vol 1), 2 December 2021
  25. Decree concerning dividing ministries and departments up according to their work areas (22), 19 January 2022
  26. Decree concerning the validation of the assessed academic documents of religious madrasa graduates and the ulema (25), 13 February 2022
  27. Decree for all mujahedin of the Islamic Emirate (28), 14 March 2022
  28. Decree concerning authorisation for keeping suspects in custody (29), 15 March 2022
  29. Decree concerning the prevention of cronyism in the departments of the Emirate (30), 20 March 2022
  30. Decree concerning the prohibition on poppy cultivation (31), 5 April 2022
  31. Decree concerning the prevention of false accusations against the employees and officials of the Islamic Emirate (35), 18 July 2022
  32. Order concerning collecting the poor in Kabul city and providing them with assistance (1336), 26 February 2022
  33. Order concerning handing over supplies and vehicles by redeployed officials to their replacements (1407), 6 March 2022
  34. Order concerning seeking fatwa when needed (1409/ Vol 1), 6 March 2022
  35. Order concerning placing all specialisations in fiqh and fatwa issuance under the Ministry of Higher Education (1441), 9 March 2022
  36. Order concerning assigning moon-sighting delegations (1691), 3 April 2022
  37. Order concerning the relocation of the Land Department (1796), 13 April 2022
  38. Order concerning the endorsement of the descriptive and explanatory draft related to Sharia hijab (1930), 25 April 2022
  39. Order concerning avoiding double salaries (631, vol 1), 10 May 2022
  40. Order concerning regulating financial affairs (2070), 17 May 2022
  41. Order concerning the collection of revenue in a transparent manner (2071), 19 May 2022
  42. Order concerning activating idle revenue-generating sources (2072), 17 May 2022
  43. Order concerning the alignment of salaries in the armed forces (2073), 17 May 2022
  44. Order concerning registering and appointing mujahedin to the security agencies (2074), 17 May 2022
  45. Order concerning the monitoring and follow-up measures for Instructions Number 115, vol 6 (2075), 17 May 2022
  46. Order concerning the composition of command for the Implementation Force of military courts (2219A), 27 May 2022
  47. Order concerning merging military courts into the structure of the Supreme Court (2219B), 27 May 2022
  48. Order concerning not taking second jobs (2687), 6 Jul 2022
  49. Instruction for cleansing the Taleban of undesirables (76, vol 1), 1 December 2021
  50. Instructions for licencing law firms (215, vol 1), 5 February 2022
  51. Instructions concerning weekly sessions of the Supreme Court (302, vol 1), 20 February 2022
  52. Approving the curricula for the first and second semesters of higher education (427, vol 1), 15 March 2022
  53. Decree defining the stages legislative documents must pass through (9), 24 October 2022
  54. Decree concerning the formation, duties and powers of the Security and Screening Commission (12), 21 November 2022
  55. Decree banning hashish cultivation (29), 17 March 2023
  56. Decree concerning transparency in procurements and contracting (30), 17 March 2023
  57. Decree prohibiting the distribution, selling and transfer [of ownership] of Emirati [state] land (31), 17 March 2023
  58. Order concerning the endorsement of the [establishment] of the National Procurement Commission (202), 3 October 2022
  59. Order concerning granting fiscal authority to ministries and budget organisations in procurement (778), 10 October 2022
  60. Order concerning shifting the Department of Law from the Ministry of Justice to the Supreme Court (932), 24 October 2022
  61. Order concerning the dissolution of the organisations, departments and legal and judicial centres of the Department for Fighting Against Serious Administrative Corruption (1215), 15 November 2022
  62. Order concerning the dissolution of the general department of the municipalities (1216), 15 November 2022
  63. Order concerning the dissolution of military courts of the Ministry of National Defence (1557), 15 December 2022
  64. Order concerning consideration of cases by courts (1820), 2 January 2023 
  65. Order concerning the prevention of drug addiction and treatment of drug addicts (2234), 29 January 2023

You can preview the English translation online, after the list of decrees, orders and instructions and download it by clicking the link below. 

Decrees-orders-of-Taleban-amir-Final-EnglishDownload

The original Official Gazette in Pashto and Dari can also be previewed below or downloaded by clicking on the link.

Decrees Order of Taleban Amir Pashto DariDownload

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This article was last updated on 16 Jul 2023

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