Afghanistan: 5 Years Under Taliban Rule
Published on: Sunday 02 August 2026
August 15, 2026 will mark five years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Over the last five years, the Taliban’s increasingly draconian policies have made Afghanistan one of the world’s gravest human rights crises, particularly for women and girls.
News source: https://www.hrw.org/feature/2026/08/03/afghanistan-5-years-under-taliban-rule/a-human-rights-crisis-a-humanitarian