HRW Reports Taliban Intensified Repression, Banned Girls' Education

Human Rights Watch reported the Taliban intensified repression in 2025.

“Taliban sharply intensified repression of women and girls and imposed new curbs on media freedom in 2025, while deep cuts in foreign aid and mass forced returns of refugees pushed the country’s humanitarian crisis to new levels, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday”

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The group maintained the ban on secondary and higher education for girls and women.

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Women who defy the rules face abuse and arbitrary detention.

Taliban officials banned universities from teaching books written by women.

The strict enforcement of male accompaniment further constrained women’s freedom.

Media freedom deteriorated further with authorities banning live political broadcasts.

Journalists and critics were arbitrarily detained and tortured.

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Foreign aid cuts forced many media outlets to close.

The Taliban continued to restrict the media and arbitrarily detain journalists.

Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis worsened sharply.

“Human Rights Watch said in its annual report that the Taliban expanded repression in 2025 by tightening restrictions on women and girls, increasing media controls and presiding over a deepening humanitarian crisis”

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Neighboring countries forced millions of Afghan refugees to return.

Massive reductions in foreign aid left millions in food insecurity.

Human Rights Watch urged governments to press the Taliban to end abuses.