UNAMA documents violations against former officials and security forces

A suicide attack struck students taking a practice university entrance exam at the Kaaj Education Centre in Dasht-e-Barchi, a predominantly Hazara Shia neighborhood of Kabul. UN officials condemned...

The Taliban de facto Ministry of Higher Education ordered public and private universities to suspend women’s education until further notice. The order extended the exclusion of girls from secondary...

Taliban authorities directed national and international nongovernmental organizations to stop Afghan women employees from working. Women staff were essential to reaching women and children with aid,...

The de facto authorities notified the United Nations that Afghan women could no longer work for the organization in Afghanistan. The order extended the December 2022 NGO ban. The UN said female...

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2681, condemning the Taliban ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations and calling for women’s full, equal and meaningful participation....

A Pakistani government deadline required undocumented foreigners, many of them Afghans, to leave or face deportation. UN agencies warned that families, including some with legal documents or refugee...

UNODC’s 2023 survey found that opium poppy cultivation had fallen 95 percent from 2022, following the Taliban’s April 2022 ban. The rapid change reduced a major source of rural earnings and...

Resolution 2721 requested a special envoy with human-rights and gender expertise following an independent assessment. It called for consultation with Afghan women and civil society while retaining...

The UN held its third meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan in Doha. Taliban representatives participated after prior meetings had been boycotted; Afghan women’s rights advocates and civil...

The de facto authorities published a morality law codifying rules that restrict women’s dress, movement, speech and public presence and empower morality inspectors. The law formalized and expanded...