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UN Experts Warn Against Taliban Normalization, Citing Five Years of Rights Abuses

A group of independent United Nations experts on Thursday warned governments against moves to normalize relations with the Taliban, citing systematic human rights violations, particularly against women and girls, as the group marks five years in power.

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News

August 15, 2026

UN Experts Warn Against Normalizing Taliban Rule, Urge Action on Human Rights

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, and other UN human rights experts have warned against the growing international push to normalize relations with the Taliban, saying such engagement risks legitimizing the group’s systematic repression. In a joint statement issued ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, the experts said they were repeating their warning from a year ago with greater urgency, as efforts to normalize relations with the Taliban have increased while the conditions that could justify such a move have not changed.

August 15, 2026

Amnesty International Urges US to Lead Global Efforts to Protect Afghan Women and Girls

August 15, 2026

Neumann Accuses Europe of Abandoning Afghans Five Years After Taliban Takeover

August 15, 2026

Rawadari: Civil Resistance Has Kept Hope for Afghanistan’s Future Alive

August 14, 2026

Over 50 UN Member States Call on Taliban to Respect Human Rights, End Discrimination

Opinion

July 28, 2026

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December 2, 2025

Afghan Children: The Silent Victims of Taliban Extremism

November 10, 2025

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How Daricha’s Underground Schools Defy the Taliban

Women

August 14, 2026

Over 50 UN Member States Call on Taliban to Respect Human Rights, End Discrimination

August 14, 2026

UN Experts Warn Against Taliban Normalization, Citing Five Years of Rights Abuses

August 13, 2026

More Than Half of Afghan Women Rarely Leave Home as Taliban Restrictions Tighten, UN Finds

Special Reports

May 29, 2026

From Afghanistan to Everest: Zakia Ahmad’s Historic Ascent Offers Hope to Afghan Women

On May 21, Zakia Ahmad, known as “River,” reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first woman from Afghanistan to climb the world’s highest mountain. For River, Everest was never only about climbing a mountain.

May 5, 2026

Denied School and Work, Women in Afghanistan Build a Quiet Resistance

“When you lock the gates of a school, you are not just closing a building; you are sealing the door to a family’s future,” says Zalfa Mohammadi, an education activist who has spent years witnessing the transformative power of a classroom.

April 10, 2026

U.S. Deportations Send Afghans Back to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

U.S. immigration authorities have deported at least 104 Afghan nationals directly to Afghanistan, according to an analysis of federal removal data covering October 2022 to March 2026.

March 8, 2026

From Territorial Caliphate to Individualized Networks

Europe today faces a challenge that may seem small in scale, but its political and social impact is profound. Newly released reports from Europol, examining the state and trends of terrorism in Europe for 2024, show that jihadist attacks have not only failed to decrease, but their very nature is also changing.

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