Home COI Report - Afghanistan: Country Focus Table of contents Table of Contents Acknowledgements Disclaimer Glossary and abbreviations Introduction Methodology Defining the terms of reference Collecting information Research challenges Quality control Sources Sources on security incidents Structure and use of the report Terminology Map 1. Situation of the general population 1.1. Political context and international relations 1.1.1. Political opposition and civic space 1.1.2. Criticism on social media, and online surveillance 1.2. Implementation of sharia 1.2.1. Religious freedom 1.2.2. Nature of issued instructions 1.2.3. Issued instructions 1.2.4. Policy implementation 1.2.5. Actors of enforcement 1.2.6. Impact on the education sector 1.2.7. Enforcement of selected restrictions on personal freedoms 1.2.8. Capital and corporal punishments 1.3. Prison conditions 1.4. Treatment of persons returning from abroad 1.4.1. General conditions 1.4.2. Returns from Europe 1.4.3. Stigma and shame 2. Security situation 2.1. Recent security trends 2.2. Armed groups, and armed confrontations 2.2.1. Activities of resistance groups 2.2.2. Activities of the ISKP 2.2.3. Clashes and airstrikes involving Pakistan 2.3. Conflict trends by province 2.3.1. Displacement and return 2.4. Child recruitment 2.5. Recent crime trends 3. Humanitarian situation 3.1. Economic and humanitarian crisis 3.2. Poverty, basic subsistence and employment 3.3. Food security 3.4. Housing 3.5. Healthcare 3.6. Focus on Kabul City 4. Treatment of certain profiles and groups of the population 4.1. Officials of the former government 4.1.1. General amnesty and its implementation 4.1.2. Records of extrajudicial killings and other abuse 4.1.3. Motives and victim profiles 4.1.4. Targeting of family members 4.1.5. Former judges and prosecutors 4.2. Persons formerly affiliated with foreign forces 4.3. Persons with perceived affiliation to anti-Taliban groups 4.3.1. Suspected affiliates of resistance groups 4.3.2. Suspected ISKP affiliates 4.4. Women and girls 4.4.1. General situation under Taliban rule 4.4.2. Freedom of expression and assembly 4.4.3. Freedom of movement 4.4.4. Access to education 4.4.5. Access to employment 4.4.6. Access to healthcare and basic services 4.4.7. Violence against women 4.4.8. Access to justice 4.5. LGBTIQ+ persons 4.6. Journalists and media workers 4.7. Human rights defenders and activists 4.8. Ethnic and religious groups 4.8.1. General situation under Taliban rule 4.8.2. Land disputes 4.8.3. Blood feuds 4.8.4. Hazaras and other Shia groups 4.8.5. Tajiks 4.8.6. Uzbeks 4.8.7. Turkmen 4.8.8. Hindus and Sikhs 4.8.9. Salafists Annex 1: Bibliography Oral sources, including anonymous sources Public sources Annex 2: Terms of Reference Situation of the general population under Taliban rule Security situation Humanitarian situation Annex 3: Lists of decrees and instructions Share Print COI Report - Afghanistan: Country Focus Book traversal links for COI Report - Afghanistan: Country Focus Next