'Since 2021, the war that has been waged against women is gradually being won by the Taliban'

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plane takes off in chaos, civilians clinging desperately to its sides or landing gear, trying to flee impending repression: We still all remember that footage from Kabul airport on August 15, 2021, as the Taliban returned to power.

In four years, the new regime has made Afghan women and girls disappear from public life. It has also erased everything that even remotely evoked the memory of a state governed by the rule of law, starting with the judicial system.

The judicial system has been completely dismantled and replaced with one based on a strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law. Riddled with inconsistencies, it is characterized by impunity for the Taliban and their allies, and arbitrary, unjust, closed-door trials for everyone else. It is also defined by discretionary power in the application of punishments, such as public floggings and executions.

Arbitrary arrests and torture