Asia-Pacific
Detention, Torture and Killing of Afghan Women Continues
After the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, they adopted a misogynistic and vengeful policy against Afghan women.
The Taliban, under the name of "unknown persons," killed dozens of women and imprisoned and tortured hundreds of others.
Throughout 2022, the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan introduced and enforced some of the worst gender-based discriminatory policies seen anywhere in the world.
Additionally, there has been a sharp rise in child marriage cases. Under Taliban rule, girls as young as 13 can be given in marriage to a man of any age.
Read more about it at:
Death sentence for being an outspoken Afghan woman – Asia Times
The Taliban's War Against Afghan Women And Girls (rferl.org)
How Afghan women are defying the Taliban ban on college education : Goats and Soda : NPR
Afghanistan in 2023: Taliban internal power struggles and militancy (brookings.edu)
The Taliban in 2023: Towards international recognition? – Midstone Centre for International Affairs
