The three years following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan have been a deadly game of cat and mouse for employees and allies of U.S. and NATO forces left behind under Taliban rule. Among the de facto government’s targets are thousands of Afghan prosecutors trained by U.S. personnel to enforce the rule of law and prosecute terrorists.
My phone buzzed incessantly in my pocket that day in August 2021, interrupting what was meant to be a much-needed moment of rest. It was 3 p.m., and after months of working around the clock, I received word that the unthinkable was happening: Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was falling to the Taliban. The city’s collapse marked the start of what would become the largest airlift in U.S. history, as hundreds of thousands of Afghans scrambled to escape on hastily organized military flights.
GENEVA – Marking three years since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, UN experts* are urging the international community not to normalise the de facto authorities or their human rights violating regime, particularly their institutionalised system of discrimination, segregation, disrespect for human dignity and exclusion of women and girls.
This week marks three years since the Taliban captured Kabul and the U.S.-backed government fell in Afghanistan. In the aftermath, anyone associated with the former Afghan government faces threats to their safety. Under Taliban rule, women's rights to education, work, freedom of movement and representation are also incredibly restricted.
This month marks three years since Kabul fell to the Taliban, ending America’s longest war. The chaotic evacuation that followed was unprecedented.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has reported that nearly eight million Afghan citizens have fled their homeland since 2020.