Attacks escalate against Afghanistan’s human rights defenders – report

Amnesty says activists have been attacked and killed with impunity, with their plight ‘largely ignored’ at home and abroad

Human rights defenders in Afghanistan are suffering relentless attacks, intimidation and harassment amid escalating violence, Amnesty International has warned.

In a damning report castigating both the government and armed groups including the Taliban and Islamic State, Amnesty said activists and members of civil society organisations have been shot at and killed in attacks that remain uninvestigated by the authorities.

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