Taliban's Grave Threats to Women and Girls

Under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan face unprecedented threats. According to UN experts, women there face gender apartheid: "Taliban edicts policies and practices" constitute "an institutionalized system of discrimination, oppression and domination of women and girls." Since their return to power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed more than 70 edicts, orders, and decrees on women’s social, cultural, economic, political, and civil rights.