Serious violations of human rights are being committed on Afghan soil under the Taliban regime, the latest Amnesty International report reveals.
Since the Afghan Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghanistan has been suffering in various sectors. According to Amnesty International's report for 2024, Afghanistan under the control of the Afghan Taliban is suffering in various areas of life.
The extremist policy of the Afghan Taliban and the irrational restrictions have made it impossible for the Afghan people to live.
After assuming power, the Afghan Taliban government adopted substandard and extremist methods in running the country, due to which Afghanistan is facing various natural disasters, including floods, earthquakes, and droughts.
According to a 2024 report of the United Nations, the number of people eligible for aid on Afghan soil in 2022 was 18.4 million, which has now reached about 29 million. Due to the lack of resources, millions of Afghans are suffering from malnutrition and diseases, which has led to a serious humanitarian crisis.
The Afghan Taliban have also imposed various limitations on women, with restrictions on employment, education, travelling alone and other social activities affecting a large portion of the Afghan female population.
Moreover, the Hazara, Uzbek and Tajik tribes living on Afghan soil are subjected to ethnic, linguistic and religious discrimination, due to which they are forced to migrate. In 2023, six people were brutally killed as a target of religious extremism in Uruzgan province of Afghanistan.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan recorded 3,774 civilian casualties (1,095 killed; 2,679 injured) between August 2021 and May 2023, claimed by the militant Islamic State of Khorasan group. A large number of Afghans were killed in terrorist attacks by the group, but the Afghan Taliban failed to stop the killings, which is a proof of their failure.
According to data from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, between January 2022 and July 2023, nearly 1,600 incidents of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment were recorded. Between November 2022 and April 2023, 274 men and 58 women were sentenced to public flogging, a reflection of the extremist policies of the Afghan Taliban.
Other religious minorities in Afghanistan, including Shias, Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, and Ismailis, also continue to face prejudice and ethnic discrimination.
Dozens of journalists criticizing the Taliban government have been arrested and harassed, with the regime not even sparing freedom of expression and the journalism sector. Between 2021 and 2023, 64 journalists were detained by the Taliban government, while more than 80% of women were forced to quit their jobs due to increasing restrictions.
Between August 2021 and August 2023, more than half of the registered media houses in Afghanistan were completely rendered non-functional. In Afghanistan, people are facing all kinds of coercive violence, while achieving justice seems impossible.
Instead of worrying about its own people, the Taliban government is promoting terrorism in the region by supporting dangerous groups like the TTP.
