The current conflict in Afghanistan entered its twentieth year and continued to claim large numbers of civilian casualties. Attacks by the Taliban and other armed groups deliberately targeted civilians and civilian objects in violation of international humanitarian law; sites that were attacked...

In this statement Amnesty International notes the report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and additionally the report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, which recorded widespread human rights violations and crimes under international law. The...

Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, we strongly condemn ongoing and escalating gross human rights violations by the Taliban especially against women and girls and the lack of an effective response from the international community, 10 international human rights...

Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, they have directed collective punishment upon the residents of Panjshir province, particularly in communities where the Taliban have established and deployed their forces. In an effort to combat the National Resistance Front, the...

After the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan deteriorated severely, despite the Taliban’s initial promise to respect women’s and girls’ rights. The Taliban have been increasingly introducing new restrictions with the apparent...

We, the undersigned, express our deepest concern regarding the Taliban’s systematic crackdown on dissent and deepening repression of human rights defenders in Afghanistan. This ongoing crackdown on critical voices has increased in scope and scale, sending a chilling effect that aims to stifle the...

Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide written input pertaining to the upcoming day of general discussion by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies. Over the past five years, Amnesty...

A public statement calling for the United Nations Human Rights Council to urgently establish an independent investigative mechanism in Afghanistan, with a mandate to establish the facts and circumstances relating to allegations of crimes under international law, to identify potential perpetrators,...

Pakistan has hosted many Afghan refugees than any other country in the world. But Amnesty International is concerned for the lives and safety of Afghan refugees who have arrived in Pakistan since the return of the Taliban to power on August 15, 2021.

Amnesty International is gravely concerned as to the situation of Elaha Dilarwarzai, who, according to her family, was subjected to forced marriage, sexual violence and beatings at the hands of Qari Saeed Khosty, who was previously a spokesperson for the Taliban Ministry of the Interior (T-MOI)....

Since the return of the Taliban to Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban’s systematic attacks on the rights of women and girls and the use of violence, including torture and other ill-treatment, and enforced disappearances, have created a culture of fear, and threatens to completely erase women and...

The situation in Afghanistan is extremely worrying as the country faces an increasingly intertwined spate of crimes under international law, gross human rights violations and a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. In this letter, Amnesty International calls on Permanent representatives to support a...

This report reveals how Turkish and Iranian security forces have unlawfully returned Afghan men, women and children to their country, despite the general situation in Afghanistan and the real risk of serious human rights violations there. Iranian and Turkish authorities have also denied Afghans the...