
Afghanistan
The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021 and imposed policies severely restricting basic rights—particularly those of women and girls. They dismissed all women from leadership posts in the civil service and prohibited girls in most provinces from attending secondary school. Taliban decrees prohibit women from traveling unless accompanied by a male relative and require women’s faces be covered in public—including women TV newscasters.
The Taliban have carried out broad censorship, limiting critical reporting, and have detained and beaten journalists. Taliban forces have carried out revenge killings and enforced disappearances of former government officials and security force personnel. They have summarily executed people deemed affiliated with the Islamic State.
Armed groups linked to the Afghan branch of the Islamic State have carried out bombings targeting ethnic Hazaras, Afghan Shias, Sufis, and others, killing and injuring hundreds.
The Afghan economy collapsed after August 2021, as millions of people lost salaries when the US, World Bank, and other donors stripped the Central Bank of Afghanistan of its foreign assets and access to financial assistance. Over 90 percent of the Afghan population faces serious food insecurity, along with a lack of medicine and a rise in malnutrition-related disease.

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Afghanistan: ISIS Group Targets Religious Minorities
Taliban Need to Protect, Assist Hazara, Other At-Risk Communities
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Afghanistan: Taliban Execute, ‘Disappear’ Alleged Militants
Over 100 Bodies Found Dumped in Canal in East
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New Evidence that Biometric Data Systems Imperil Afghans
Taliban Now Control Systems with Sensitive Personal Information
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Afghan Professor Jailed After Protesting Restrictions on Women
Taliban Arrest Kabul Man Outspoken on Women’s Education
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No Justice 5 Years After Afghanistan Taliban Bombing
Accountability for Past Atrocity Crimes Should Include All Perpetrators
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Afghanistan: Taliban Repression, Hunger Increases
Women’s Rights Drastically Curtailed; Mounting Islamic State Atrocities
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Afghan University Women Feared This Dark Day
Taliban’s Ban on Women Attending Universities a Cruel Assault on Rights
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Afghan Child Custody Case Exposes US Wartime Abuses
Afghanistan Night Raids That Killed Civilians Should Be Investigated
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No Justice in Afghanistan for Slain Journalist 2 Years On
Yama Siawash, Other Attack Victims, Their Families Deserve Answers, Accountability
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ICC: Afghanistan Inquiry Can Resume
International Criminal Court Should Examine Grave Crimes by All Sides
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Afghanistan: Women Protesters Detail Taliban Abuse
Ex-Detainees Describe Torture, Mistreatment of Their Families