Afghanistan faces systemic repression five years after Taliban takeover

Five years after the withdrawal of Western troops and the return of the Taliban to power, Afghanistan is experiencing institutionalized repression and a deepening humanitarian crisis. The regime has dismantled previous systems of liberty, specifically targeting women and girls through systematic restrictions on their rights.

Experts from the United Nations warn of a dangerous normalization of the Taliban regime. While the group's policies are described as systematic human rights violations and potentially crimes against humanity, some states have begun engaging in diplomatic contact and official meetings, risking the legitimacy of a regime built on structural discrimination.

The prohibition of female education has created a lost generation of girls deprived of secondary schooling. This intentional deprivation of fundamental rights based on gender is characterized by experts as gender-based persecution. The current state of the country is marked by a return to an archaic model of subordination of women to male authority.