International human rights groups call on the Taliban to end human rights abuses

A group of human rights groups has called on the Taliban to end its crackdown on dissent and release all those arbitrarily detained solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association.

The group, “Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan” which includes Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the World Organisation Against Torture, said in a statement on Wednesday that the Taliban’s crackdown has increased in scope and scale since the group took control of Afghanistan in August 2021.