Reports

Mass detentions following the February 2021 coup (report series)

This is the first time ISKP have directly addressed reports of a Taliban raid.

Mass detentions following the February 2021 coup (report series)

After eight weeks without any high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, ISKP target two high-ranking officials on consecutive days.

Interviews with women in the sector reveal that some organisations have replaced their female directors with men to allow operations to continue, while one president of a women-focused NGO says she is using her personal savings to keep office doors open.

Police and Military Harassment and Mistreatment of Individuals following the Coup

Mass detentions following the February 2021 coup

Police and Military Harassment and Mistreatment of Individuals following the Coup

While one of the protesters was reportedly released the next day, women's rights protester Narges Sadat is thought to still be in detention.

The account presents itself as the news outlet Afghanistan International, which has been a common target for mimic accounts – AW investigators have identified at least five accounts mimicking Afghanistan International in the last three months.

Several hundred people gathered at Kabul International Airport on February 8 after rumours circulated that Afghans could fly to Turkey to support the earthquake relief effort – however, AW’s assessment of the arrested men’s social media profiles suggests they were not initiators or significant amplifiers of the ‘flights to Turkey’ story.

Mass detentions following the February 2021 coup