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.
It was getting dark in the crowded Pol-e Sokhta street of western Kabul, but Malalai*, with her wheelbarrow of ice creams, wouldn’t return to her lonely home just yet. She hoped to make at least one more sale.
The life for those waiting.