The Islamic Emirate issued various decrees restricting women's and girls' rights since it came to power on August 15, 2021, such as banning female students from attending school past the 6^th grade and women from attending university, banning women from working for NGOs, working for UN agencies in the country, and going to parks and sporting events. Other restrictions included not traveling without a Mahram, covering one's face in media, and banning women from working in beauty salons.

The members of the Islamic Emirate's acting cabinet were announced on the September 7, 2021, around a month after the Islamic Emirate took power, and this cabinet was devoid of any women.

According to UN statistics, in the solar year 1400, 27% in the House of Representatives and 1/5 of former government employees were women; however, the Ministry of Women's Affairs was dissolved in the first move after the new government's cabinet was formed, and women were also forbidden from working in government offices by the verbal order of the leader of the Islamic Emirate.

When the Ministry of Women’s Affairs was dissolved, a protestor said: "the Ministry of Women is the identity of Afghan women. We oppose the transformation of this ministry to the Ministry of Virtue and Vice."

According to a US Institute of Peace's (USIP) report, more than 70 restrictive decrees have been issued in Afghanistan against women and girls.

On December 24, 2022, women were forbidden from working for foreign non-governmental organizations.

On September 17, 2022, former government officials who worked for the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Hajj and Islamic Affairs (MoHIA) were let go.

Female presenters were told to cover their faces on May 19th, 2022, while giving performances.

On October 28, 2022, female positions on the Media Violations Commission were removed and the issuance of driving permits for women and girls was halted.

On 10^th November 2022, the decree banning women from parks and sports halls was issued.

“All the decrees issued were not against women, but the decrees were for the benefit of women as well. We made comments about the inheritance and autonomy of women and other issues so that violence against women does not happen,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate.

Women's beauty salons, which were given a one-month deadline for closing, expired on July 25, 2023. According to reports, more than 12,000 women's beauty salons across the nation have been closed, and more than 50,000 of their employees have lost their jobs as a result of the Islamic Emirate's leader's edict.

"Today, they took away our bread and our work. We are very upset,” said Homa, the owner of a women’s beauty salon.

"I have spent around 400,000 Afs in my beauty salon. I am the breadwinner of my twelve family members,” said Sadaf, an owner of a women’s beauty salon.

The restrictive decrees against women sparked reactions inside and outside of Afghanistan.

Five days after the Islamic Emirate was reestablished, the first women's march in the nation was held with the goal of supporting women's right to work and pursue education. Several of the march's participants also demanded inclusion in the acting government.

The Islamic Emirate issued decrees throughout the course of these two years, and women in reaction to it protested and took to the streets in a number of provinces including Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Takhar, and Nimroz. Protests have even resulted in the arrest of some females.

“Madina and Marjana—Madina with her two children-- were detained last night and taken to an unknown location. This is concerning. We don’t know for how long these girls will remain in the Taliban’s custody,” said Navida Khurasani, a female activist.

The world could not remain silent regarding the issue of Afghan women and held meetings on human rights issues in Afghanistan.

At the Oslo summit on January 25, 2022, women's representatives wrote to the Islamic Emirate delegation and the representatives of other nations outlining the requests of Afghan women.

The UN Security Council unanimously condemned on the 27th of April 2023 an Afghan interim administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Islamic Emirate’s leaders to "swiftly reverse" a crackdown on the rights of women and girls.

The resolution - drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan - describes the ban as "unprecedented in the history of the United Nations," and asserts "the indispensable role of women in Afghan society" and says the ban on Afghan women working for the UN "undermines human rights and humanitarian principles."

UAE UN Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh said more than 90 countries co-sponsored the resolution "from Afghanistan's immediate neighborhood, from the Muslim world and from all corners of the earth."

"This ... support makes our fundamental message today even more significant - the world will not sit by silently as women in Afghanistan are erased from society," she told the council.

And in the last step, the participants of the "1st Meeting - 53rd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council," in Geneva expressed concerns about the human rights situation in Afghanistan.

The UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur for Afghan human rights, Richard Bennett, told the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva that the Afghan “de facto authorities must be required to comply with the international human rights obligation."

Bennett, who was presenting his report about the situation of human rights including the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, called on the Afghan interim government to form an inclusive government.

The US envoy for Afghanistan’s human rights and women, Rina Amiri, who was also speaking to the council, said that “respect for human rights and women’s inclusion at levels of society is important to addressing the welfare of Afghans and integral to economically viable, stable and secure Afghanistan."

The international community has repeatedly criticized the restrictions on women in Afghanistan, but the current Afghan government has asked the world not to interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan.