Afghanistan: Taliban Assault on Rights Deepens 5 Years on

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Click to expand Image An Afghan hospital medic inside a home in Afghanistan, February 17, 2026. Before the Taliban banned women from universities, she studied journalism and public relations.

© 2026 AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Afghanistan’s Taliban have entrenched one of the world’s worst human rights crises and systematically dismantled the rights of women and girls…

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Source & verification

Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · August 3, 2026

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