Amnesty said the Taliban have also decimated protections for those facing domestic violence, detained women and girls for minor violations and contributed to a surge in child marriages.
After they captured the capital, Kabul, in August 2021 and ousted the internationally backed government, the Taliban presented themselves as having moderated since their first time in power, in the 1990s. Initially, Taliban officials spoke of allowing women to continue to work and girls to continue their education.
"Taken together, these policies form a system of repression that discriminates against women and girls in almost every aspect of their lives," the report said."This suffocating crackdown against Afghanistan's female population is increasing day by day." One woman told Amnesty that guards beat her and other women on the breasts and between the legs,"so that we couldn't show the world." She said one told her,"I can kill you right now, and no one would say anything."
The increase, Amnesty said, is fueled by Afghanistan's economic and humanitarian crisis and the lack of education and job prospects for women and girls. The report documented cases of forced marriages of women and girls to Taliban members - under pressure by the Taliban member or by the women's families.
"You have a patriarchal government, war, poverty, drought, girls out of school. With all of these factors combined … we knew child marriage was going to go through the roof," said Stephanie Sinclair, director of Too Young to Wed, who was quoted in the report.
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