All Our Hopes are Crushed: Violence and Repression in Western Afghanistan
Report by Human Rights Watch. Documents widespread abuses in the areas of western Afghanistan controlled by Ismail Khan and in the city of Herat.
British al-Qaida suspects disappear
Dozens of Taliban and al-Qaida suspects have disappeared from jails in Kabul and are beyond the reach of human rights monitors and diplomats.
CNN: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban
Freelance journalist Saira Shah on an undercover, under-burqa project captures the totalitarian brutality of Taliban rule on film.
Guardian: Behind the Burka
Polly Toynbee. "With such a dearth of satisfactory allies, the coalition should turn to one Afghan group completely ignored so far - the Revolutionary Association of the Women of A…
Human Rights in Afghanistan
Derechos presents information and links on human rights in Afghanistan.
Human Rights Watch - Afghanistan
Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.
Paying for the Taliban's Crimes
Human Rights Watch reports on abuses against ethnic Pashtuns in Northern Afghanistan.
Thousands held by US-led forces
A senior American official says some 7,000 Taleban and al-Qaeda members are being held prisoner after the collapse of the Taleban.