Kabul: The United Nations said Thursday that the Taliban authorities were committing human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary detention, against Afghans forced to return by Iran and Pakistan.
The large -scale deportation campaigns launched by Iran and Pakistan have forced millions of Afghas to return to Afghanistan, including more than 1.9 million people so far in 2025, the overwhelming majority of Iran.
“The people returning to the country who had a particular risk of reprisals and other human rights violations by de facto authorities (Taliban) were women and girls, people affiliated with the old government and their security forces, media workers and civil society,” the UN said in a statement that accompanied the release of the report.
“These violations have included torture and ill -treatment, arrest and arbitrary detention, and personal security threats.”
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) recently estimated that up to three million people could return to Afghanistan in 2025, to a country that faces a severe humanitarian crisis.
The UN Mission of Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the UN Human Rights Office was based on interviews with 49 Afghan returned.
He said that violations have been committed against the Afghan “based on their specific profile”, including women, media workers and members of civil society, as well as the people affiliated with the former government backed abroad who fell in 2021.
The Taliban government has previously denied the accusations of abuse, after having declared an amnesty against those who worked for the forces of NATO and the old government during their two decades conflict against the insurgency of the Taliban.
“No one should be sent back to a country where they face the risk of persecution due to their personal identity or history,” said UN Head of Rights, Volker Turk, in a statement earlier this month.
“In Afghanistan, this is even more pronounced for women and girls, who are subject to a variety of measures equivalent to persecution only for their gender,” he added.
'Gender apartheid'
In the last four years, the Taliban authorities have increasingly isolated women in public life, who have prohibited them from universities, public parks, gyms and beauty salons, in which the UN has denounced as “gender apartheid.”
Russia is the only country that has recognized the Taliban government since it seized power in 2021 after the withdrawal of foreign troops in the country.
The neighbor Tayikistan has followed the example of Islamabad and Tehran when announcing his intention to expel Afghans.
Since July 8, at least 377 have been deported, said acnur AFP.
Meanwhile, Germany deported 81 Afghan men last week who had committed crimes and the United States announced that it would revoke the temporary state of protection for thousands of Afghans.
According to the UN, the recent increase in the number of returnees has created a 'several human rights crisis' and the organization called last week for “immediate detention” to forced yields.
