GENOCIDE  WATCH

Since the US withdrawal from and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, Taliban forces have continued to arbitrarily arrest, abuse, torture, and execute political opponents, women, and minorities. The Islamic State-Khorasan Province has also continually targeted Hazaras and other minorities in genocidal attacks.

Neighboring countries have forced millions of Afghans to return to Afghanistan, resulting in forced disappearances of former government employees and other abuses as Afghans return. These forced returns, plus Taliban restrictions and declining foreign donations, have left Afghanistan in an economic and humanitarian crisis.