United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

UN reports 443 arbitrary Taliban detentions

The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says Taliban morality police arbitrarily detained 443 people and documented 97 cases of ill-treatment from July to September, often over rules on women’s dress, beards, prayer attendance and music. The report also cites killings and detentions of former security personnel; Taliban authorities rejected the findings as false or politically motivated and said the detentions were lawful.