Mohammad Jawad survived his war service in the Afghan National Army (ANA), fighting against the Taliban, but was kidnapped and tortured to death after the militant group seized power in 2021. Human rights groups have documented targeted killings, disappearances, and extrajudicial arrests of hundreds of other former service personnel, while RFE/RL has spoken to two
Afghanistan International: The council alleges that the Taliban employed horrific methods, including beheading, gouging out eyes, executing individuals in front of their parents, and severe torture. The council condemned the Taliban’s actions in Panjshir, calling them “unacceptable and criminal” under Islamic rulings, as well as national and international laws. Click here to read more (external
8am: Following increased pressure from the Taliban on women and girls in Afghanistan, numerous cases of detention and torture have been reported in Kabul, particularly on charges related to “improper veiling.” Reliable sources in Kabul have confirmed that armed Taliban fighters, including women, forcibly apprehended and relocated many girls from areas like Pul-e Surkh to
8am: Local sources in Ghazni province report that the Taliban have engaged in a week-long spree of detentions, harassment, and torture of residents in the Nawur district of the province. According to credible sources from the province on Wednesday, August 2, the Taliban have indiscriminately beaten and abused several individuals, including women and children, in
Aamaj: Elaha Delawarzai a victim of former spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior’s rape and forced marriage after releasing from their prison said that the Taliban gave electric shock to her “genitals.” “The Taliban tortured me and even gave electric shocks to my sexual organs (breasts, hips, and thighs),” she said. Click here to
8am: In the last month of the solar year (April/May 2023), the Taliban killed 13 former military personnel through various means. They also detained 29 individuals from different parts of the country, including military personnel, a civil activist, a poet, 15 tribal elders, a mayor, a private clinic director, a journalist, and a taxi driver.
8am: Female prisoners in Taliban-controlled prisons in the provinces of Jowzjan, Faryab, and Samangan are enduring a deplorable situation. They face humiliation, insults, physical torture, and sexual assault. According to the findings of Hasht-e Subh Daily, since the collapse of the Republic regime, the Taliban have detained and imprisoned 90 women in the three northern
8am: The incident took place on Saturday, May 13, in the village of Shirmango, in the Darzab district of Jowzjan province.Sources state that the victim, named Khal Mohammad, was killed after a verbal altercation with a Taliban member named Ahmad Rayis. Reportedly, Khal Mohammad was tortured to death by Ahmad Rayis’ sons. Recently, members of
CNN: “They tried to choke and suffocate me by tying a plastic bag across my face, telling me to confess to working with the NRF,” he said. “But as I was never part of it, I didn’t confess … Then they hung me upside down, one time by my feet, another by my hands.” He
8am: According to local sources in Khost, a former government military member named Mohammad Anwar committed suicide after being released from Taliban prison in the province. Sources say that Anwar, who was an employee of the National Directorat of Security in the previous government, ended his life by drinking poison in Matun, center of the