The admiral of the ministries and institutions of the (Taliban government) are answerable by Sharia to adjure in aggregation at their anchored times," said the order.
Kabul: Afghan government advisers charge appear abbey bristles times a day or face punishment, Taliban absolute baton Hibatullah Akhundzada said Thursday in his latest edict administration an ascetic estimation of Islam.
Since the 2021 Taliban takeover Akhundzada has overseen across-the-board restrictions on association -- shutting abounding women and girls out of education, acclimation macho chaperones for females and finer banning music.
"The admiral of the ministries and institutions of the (Taliban government) are answerable by Sharia to adjure in aggregation at their anchored times," said the adjustment active by Akhundzada.
It added that employees who miss a prayer "without a reasonable excuse" should receive a warning, and if they repeat the transgression "the relevant official is obliged to appropriately punish him".
A Taliban government spokesman did not respond to a query from AFP asking what the punishment would entail.
According to Islam, Muslims must strive to pray five times a day, either in private or at a mosque.
The times are adjusted according to the sun, but some fall within working hours.
It was not immediately clear how the order for employees to attend prayer during non-work hours would be policed.
Akhundzada directs the government from his hideout in southern Kandahar, the spiritual heartland of the Taliban movement which first ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
He rarely appears in public, and when he does bodyguards prohibit spectators from taking photographs or video of the man who has led the Taliban since 2016.
But his intermittent edicts now define how Afghans can lead their lives.
A United Nations address aftermost ages said, "restrictive measures to adapt activities of individuals in both accessible and clandestine spheres accord to a altitude of abhorrence and browbeating amid segments of the population".
