Afghanistan’s Taliban have ‘weaponized’ the judicial system to oppress women, UN expert says

Afghanistan’s Taliban have ‘weaponized’ the judicial system to oppress women, UN expert says

The independent U_N_ investigator on human rights in Afghanistan says its Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity."

Afghan girls attend a religious studies class at the Tasnim-e-Nusrat religious education center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)