At least eight Afghan activists and two journalists as well as at least 50 alleged members of an offshoot of the Islamic State (IS) militia rivaling the Taliban were also killed. The Taliban also recruited child soldiers and oppressed women. The security situation of judges, prosecutors and lawyers, especially women in the judiciary, is alarming.
The envoy of the former Afghan government, who is still recognized by the United Nations as his country’s UN ambassador, also gave the Human Rights Council a drastic picture of the situation. Nasir Ahmad Andisha accused the Taliban of numerous human rights violations, targeted killings and abductions. The Islamists committed a whole series of ill-treatment with total impunity, many of which were not reported or documented. Since the military takeover of Kabul in August, the gains of the past two decades have been completely reversed.
Source: Nachrichten
