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11mo ago

UN Report Condemns Taliban's Morality Police for Widespread Human Rights Violations

The report highlights severe restrictions on personal freedoms and disproportionate targeting of women and girls in Afghanistan.

A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023.
The United Nations headquarters in New York on March 17, 2022. The United Nations (U.N.) has recorded 1,033 instances of mistreatment of citizens by the Taliban's morality police, according to a U.N. mission report published on Tuesday.
A Taliban fighter stands in front of a men's barber shop in Zaranj, the capital of Afghanistan's Nimroz province, on October 14, 2021.
A Taliban spokesman addresses a press conference in Kabul on June 29, 2024.

Overview

  • The UN documented 1,033 instances of mistreatment by the Taliban's morality police between August 2021 and March 2024.
  • Activities like listening to music, smoking hookah, and Western-style haircuts are punishable under Taliban rule.
  • The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice enforces strict interpretations of Islamic law.
  • The Taliban's policies have led to increased repression, poverty, and international isolation.
  • The UN calls for an independent international accountability mechanism to investigate and address these violations.