Afghanistan Women’s Movement in Exile: Arrest of Women in Kabul Is Part of a Systematic Project to Eliminate Women
- Zan News
- Jul 21
- 2 min read
Following the widespread and arbitrary arrests of women and girls in Kabul by the Taliban, the “Afghanistan Women’s Movement in Exile” has released a statement calling this action a “gross violation of human rights” and “part of a systematic project to eliminate women from public life.”
According to the statement, which was sent to Zan News on Monday, July 21, the members of this movement have condemned the new wave of repression and intimidation against Afghan women with “deep concern and outrage” and have called for the “immediate and practical accountability of the international community.”
In recent days, the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue has arrested dozens of girls and young women in several districts of Kabul, including “Shahr-e Naw” and “Dasht-e Barchi,” without court orders and in the absence of female officers. The arrests were made in streets, marketplaces, city buses, beauty salons, and even educational centers. Local sources report that the detainees were wearing full Islamic attire.
The Afghan Women’s Movement in Exile stated in its declaration that these arrests clearly violate the principles outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly Articles 3, 5, 9, 19, and 20. These actions also contradict the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of the United Nations.
The statement reads: “Four years after the fall, what is happening in Afghanistan is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a crime against humanity.”
This movement has called on the United Nations, the Human Rights Council, and countries supporting human rights to break their “silence” and take concrete and binding action against the Taliban.
It is worth noting that the Taliban’s arrests of women and girls under the pretext of “not observing Islamic hijab” have sparked widespread reactions.
