A report from Human Rights Watch on the August massacre of civilians by Taliban troops in Mazar-i Sharif.

Report by Human Rights Watch. Documents widespread abuses in the areas of western Afghanistan controlled by Ismail Khan and in the city of Herat.

Human rights reports and news, from 1997 to the present, about the country's people and refugees.

Dozens of Taliban and al-Qaida suspects have disappeared from jails in Kabul and are beyond the reach of human rights monitors and diplomats.

Freelance journalist Saira Shah on an undercover, under-burqa project captures the totalitarian brutality of Taliban rule on film.

Polly Toynbee. "With such a dearth of satisfactory allies, the coalition should turn to one Afghan group completely ignored so far - the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan."

Derechos presents information and links on human rights in Afghanistan.

Reports on current concerns including war casualties among Afghan civilians, the use of cluster bombs, and the rights of prisoners of war.

The Washington Post reports that many women and girls abducted by the Taliban are still missing.

Human Rights Watch reports on abuses against ethnic Pashtuns in Northern Afghanistan.

The Feminist Majority Foundation campaign to assist women in Afghanistan describes the elimination of Women's rights and the humanitarian crisis.

A senior American official says some 7,000 Taleban and al-Qaeda members are being held prisoner after the collapse of the Taleban.