Abstract
With the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 and the re-establishment of their Islamic Emirate, female students were introduced to the term “Religious Police”. The activity of this police is focused on monitoring the performance of people and propagation and prevention of them by the values and orders of the Taliban. The purpose of this article is to explore the psychological impacts of the Taliban’s religious police on female students in Bamyan City from 2021-2024. A qualitative method was used in this research and data was obtained through the analysis of interviews with three psychologists and questionnaires from 33 Female Students in Bamyan city. The questionnaires for this research were set up online through Google and were given to respondents using the “convenience sampling” method. The findings of this research showed that the restrictions applied by the Taliban’s religious police have caused many mental disorders in female students. When they are faced with the Taliban’s religious police, palpitations, pallor, tremor, and stuttering are the most important symptoms that appear to them. Right now, many Female Students in Bamyan City are struggling with insomnia, anhedonia, hopelessness, depression, loss of control, low self-esteem, and pessimism due to facing the Taliban’s religious police.
Keywords
Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, Religious Police, Taliban, Female Student.