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UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees
Rahim Faiez
September 20, 2023

The United Nations said Wednesday it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by authorities in Afghanistan during arrests and detentions of people, and urged the Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees. Nearly 50% of the violations consisted of “torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment,” the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said…It said the torture aimed at extracting confessions and other information included beatings, suffocation, suspension from the ceiling and electric shocks…The Taliban have promised a more moderate rule than during their previous period in power in the 1990s. READ MORE

FDD LONG WAR JOURNAL Two years after U.S. withdrawal, the Taliban enjoys an iron-fisted grip on Afghanistan Two years ago on this day, the Taliban marched into Kabul and triumphantly seized back control of Afghanistan. Two weeks later, on Aug. 30, 2021, the last U.S. soldier left the country. Since the U.S. withdrawal, the Taliban has consolidated its power, sheltered and supported numerous regional and global terror groups, crushed armed opposition and rival terror groups, and ruthlessly suppressed the rights of the Afghan people.