In Afghanistan, Burning Our Past to Protect Our Future

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Documents and laptop destroyed by a resident to avoid confiscation by the Taliban, in Kabul, February 28, 2022. © 2022 Private “I had to burn all of your books and your computer,” said my aunt, crying over the phone from Kabul. “They are searching houses, and I couldn’t keep them. I don’t have a single picture of you anymore; I had to destroy them all.” I had been working at my desk when my aunt called to tell me in tears that she had just destroyed my papers and books to keep them out of Taliban hands. On February 22, Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid announced…

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