82nd Airborne soldiers prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/Air Force) The ...

A UN expert on Tuesday welcomed the decision by consensus during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan. The decision also ...

The United Nations released a report on Thursday finding that the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have committed human rights violations against Afghan refugees who returned to their home country.

KABUL, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed special rapporteur Richard Bennett from entering Afghanistan, the administration's spokesperson told local broadcaster Tolo, ...

(New York) – A United Nations Security Council-mandated independent assessment of the international approach to the crisis in Afghanistan should prioritize human rights, especially the rights of women ...

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...

A belief that so-called hard security goals require tradeoffs with human rights imperatives underpinned some of the more egregious mistakes of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, such as supporting a brutal ...

I was recently jolted awake at 3 a.m. by a call. As I answered the phone, at first all I could hear was girls screaming in terror and sharp banging on a metal door ...

The organization called for Afghanistan’s suspension until women and girls are granted the right to participate in education and sports. Human Rights Watch has demanded that the ICC revoke Afghanistan ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Granted. However, Iraq is a completely different animal than Afghanistan. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR ...