The militant Islamist Taliban banned all further protests in Afghanistan for the time being on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Interior's first official statement after the formation of the government stated that no one should try to organize protests under any circumstances at the moment.
Serious prosecution is threatened in the event of violations.
The reason given by the Taliban was that some people had disrupted public order and harassed people in the past few days.
At the same time, the Islamists set the conditions for protests in the future.
Organizers must therefore obtain prior approval from the Ministry of Justice.
The reason for the demonstration, the location, the time and the slogans must be communicated to the judiciary and security authorities at least 24 hours in advance.
Two journalists badly mistreated
The Taliban had used violence to suppress demonstrations in the past few days.
They also banned media coverage of the protests.
On Wednesday there had been at least two rallies by women in the capital, Kabul, as seen on videos on social media and reported by local journalists.
Taliban arrested reporters again.
They severely abused at least two journalists.
The criticism of the newly appointed interim government with the little-known Mullah Mohammed Hassan Achund as head of government continues.
The cabinet consists only of men.
At the demonstration in the Dascht-e Bartschi district in the west of Kabul, around 20 women shouted “A cabinet without women will fail”.
They also held signs with slogans such as “Work, Education, Freedom” and “Why is the world watching in silence?”.
The women pushed past several Taliban fighters who only tried briefly to stop them.
At a second protest by women in the Kart-e Tschar district, however, the Taliban reacted harshly. One hit protesters several times with a whip, as seen on a video. Several journalists from the daily Etilatrus were arrested there and held for around two hours, as the newspaper's editor announced on Twitter. At least two were badly mistreated. Imprints of cables and whips can be seen on the face and head. The colleagues were brought to the office in a state of lethargy.