By issuing a decree on February 3, Taliban banned marriages among Shia and Sunni in Nusay District of Badakhshan Province, reports Hasht-e Subh. This decree says “Regarding religious and ideological considerations, all ethnic groups in the territory of this District are instructed that from now on, no one from Sunni followers will be allowed to give a daughter to a Shia follower, nor a Shia Muslim can give a daughter to a Sunni Muslim.”