“You Have No Right to Complain” Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan Map Two boys pass members of a Taliban Red Unit, an elite force, in Laghman provin 18,000W
“You Have No Right to Complain” Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan Map Two boys pass members of a Taliban Red Unit, an elite force, in Laghman provin 18,000W
“You Have No Right to Complain” 18,000W
Education, Social Restrictions, and Justice in Taliban-Held Afghanistan
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Two boys pass members of a Taliban Red Unit, an elite force, in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 13, 2020. © 2020 Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times/Redux
Summary
June 30, 2020 News Release
Afghanistan: Taliban Rights Efforts Fall Far Short
Two children walk by armed soldiers in the countryside
On February 29, 2020, the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement outlining a phased withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in exchange for Taliban commitments not to allow attacks on the US or its allies from Afghan territory. The troop withdrawal is expected to take place in parallel with negotiations between representatives from the Afghan government and other Afghan political groups and Taliban leaders aimed at achieving a political settlement after decades of armed conflict.
As negotiations advance, they will need to address concerns about protections of fundamental human rights, including the rights of women and girls; education; freedom of expression and the media; due process guarantees; as well as ending attacks on civilians and accountability for serious human rights abuses and war crimes.