THIS is the shocking moment the Taliban’s morality police beat women as they drag 20 “rule breakers” off the streets in their latest crackdown.

Disturbing footage showed the victims, including a pregnant woman, being forced into vehicles by a group of enforcers in the Afghan capital.

Women being apprehended by authorities.Footage showed the moment the Taliban’s morality police apprehended a woman in the streets Credit: X/Global_Decipher Women being rounded up by Taliban female guards.She was reportedly forced into the back of a van Credit: X/Global_Decipher

In the clip broadcast by US-based local outlet Amu TV, several people wearing hijabs are seen being beaten as morality cops apprehend them.

A witness claimed a pregnant woman was among those being struck.

Her husband reportedly pleaded with extremist chiefs to let his wife go.

One bystander told the outlet: “They detained 20 girls and took them away.

AFGHANISTAN-RELIGION-ISLAM-RAMADANThe Taliban have cracked down on women’s rights since they came back to power five years ago Credit: AFP A woman in a brown hijab is being forcefully pulled from a white van by a person in dark clothing, while other people and vehicles are visible in the background.At least 20 women were reportedly beaten by Taliban officers Credit: X/Global_Decipher

“Among them was a pregnant woman. Her husband was crying and saying, ‘My wife is unwell. Do not hurt her, do not harass her’.

“She was two or three months pregnant. They hit her and dragged her away.”

One of the victims described how Taliban officers “grabbed” and ripped her collar during the encounter.

TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-RELIGION-RAMADAN-ISLAM-AIDA Taliban security officer stands guard as Afghan burqa-clad women wait in queue, March 2025 Credit: AFP TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-SOCIAL-COSMETIC-SURGERYWomen’s rights have been restricted since the Taliban returned to power Credit: AFP

The woman said: “When the struggle began, I resisted for five minutes. When they could not overpower me, a man came, grabbed me and took me away.”

She told how she was slapped and ordered to wear a face mask.

“Look at how they treated me,” the woman added.

“When he slapped me in the face, I pulled off the mask and hit him with it, and I started fighting.

“I said I would not wear a mask and that from now on, as long as I am alive, I will not wear one.”

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan five years ago and have continued to expand their brutal crackdown on women’s freedoms and human rights.

The women and girls from the video are understood to have been released after their families and local authorities provided guarantees for them.

It comes after a series of oppressive attacks against Afghan women this year by the Taliban’s morality police.

Last month, at least nine women were rounded up over two days as the regime enforced its strict Sharia law dress codes.

Kabul locals have also reported a surge in Taliban morality police street patrols.

Earlier this year, the brutal regime in Afghanistan.

Signed off by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the 90-page criminal code allowed husbands to physically abuse their wives and children – so long as it does not result in “broken bones or open wounds”.