BBC News: “You can’t say anything at all,” he said, describing how some were simply threatened whilst others were kept in jail. “The Taliban have different types of torture for them, hitting them with cables and pipes, holding their heads under water.” Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Local sources in Zabul province report that the Taliban have beaten and imprisoned five young men for raising the country’s national flag. The Taliban rebels reportedly beat and imprisoned these youths in the city of Qalat, the capital of the province. This is not the first time that the Taliban beat and imprison young
8am: Local sources in Takhar say that the Taliban tortured a young man from Badakhshan province. Local sources in Takhar province said that the Taliban severely beat up a Badakhshani youth in the Chah-e Ab district of Takhar province on Tuesday (August 17th). This young man, who had a manual job, was tortured for no
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 27, 2022 A “suffocating” Taliban crackdown on human rights is destroying the lives of Afghan women and girls,’ Amnesty International has warned. Since returning to power almost one year ago, the radical group has systematically violated women’s and girls’ rights to education, work, and free movement, Amnesty International said in
8am: Since August 2021, the Taliban group has imprisoned thousands of citizens of the country for various pretexts. Most of these prisoners are former government affiliates (security employees, army soldiers and national police). Many civilians, particularly youths have been arrested on charges of collaborating with the National Resistance Front (NRF) and armed groups fighting against
8am: The Taliban rebels have beheaded a 17-year-old young boy in Andarab district of Baghlan province in front of his family members, local sources reported. This is not the first such a brutal case that is being reported. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban Rebels Torture & Arrest 36 Civilians in Panjshir
8am: The Taliban rebels have arrested and severely tortured a young man in Badakhshan province, sources in the province report. Sources reported Saturday that the detainee’s name is Ezatullah and was arrested a few days ago in Shuhada district of this province by the Taliban. According to the sources, the Taliban have tortured him after
The Independent (UK): ‘I feel like the British have been disloyal’ – Over 100 men who worked with the British embassy continue to remain in Afghanistan and some of them have alleged torture at the hands of the Taliban. The men worked for a global security company named GardaWorld, according to a BBC Newsnight investigation
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 10, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have illegally detained and tortured residents in northern Panjshir province for their alleged links to armed opposition forces, Human Rights Watch said Friday. The U.S.-based global rights monitoring group said fighting had escalated in Panjshir since mid-May, when fighters of the National Resistance Front
8am: Sources in Panjshir province have reported that the Taliban fighters have plundered the residents’ orchards in the province. According to footage sent to Hasht-e Subh on Sunday, the Taliban rebels have rushed to a village in Rukha district, taking away the orchards of the residents. The sources added that the Taliban rebels have turned