Almost 400 Afghan civilians have been slain since the Taliban took control, with over 80 percent of those killed by an Islamic State offshoot, according to a United Nations study. This shows just how large an uprising Afghan Taliban authorities confront.
Since the Taliban’s takeover of power in August, Western governments have expressed worry about the possible disintegration of rights for women, journalists, and other groups. This is the first comprehensive human rights report on the current situation.
It covers the time from August 2021 to the end of February 2022 and reports the deaths of 397 people. Most were victims of an ISIS-K-led series of strikes.
Some of those were tortured and decapitated and then dumped on the side of the road. The extremist group, according to the report, claimed to have slain over 50 individuals during that time period.
Many Afghans face serious human rights violations, says the UN’s human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, in an address before the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Last August, a suicide bombing occurred at Kabul International Airport because of ISIS-K, which first surfaced in eastern Afghanistan at the end of 2014 and is believed to have spread after the Taliban took control.
The Taliban have severely restricted women’s rights and liberties, Bachelet remarked in the same address. “Full participation” in public life is what she advocated.
At the same time, Bachelet raised concerns about constraints on freedom of speech, citing “several troubling examples of enforced disappearances.”
She expressed her worry about the “increasing eroding of public space.”
Women and girls could not go to school under the Taliban’s control from 1996 to 2001. According to them, they’ve subsequently altered their tunes.
The Geneva-based Human Rights Council is to designate a special rapporteur on Afghanistan at the end of its current month-long session to investigate alleged abuses by the Taliban and others.
“It’s a crucial instrument for recording violations,” US human rights envoy Michele Taylor told the Council on Monday, urging the Taliban to cooperate with its team of investigators.
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