Afghans seeking evacuation. Three separate threatened to evict residents of Balkh, attacks took place in October on Eid Gah Kandahar, Kunduz and Uruzgan provinces. Mosque in Kabul and two Shia-Hazara Evictions particularly targeted Hazara mosques in the cities of Kandahar and communities, as well as people associated Kunduz, reportedly killing dozens and with the former government. In June, the injuring hundreds of others. Taliban ordered Tajik residents of Bagh-e The Taliban and other armed actors were Sherkat in Kunduz province to leave the town responsible for numerous targeted killings in apparent retaliation for their support of throughout the year, including of human President Ghani’s government. In late rights defenders, women activists, September, more than 740 Hazara families humanitarian and health workers, journalists, were forcibly evicted from their homes and former government officials and security land in Kindir and Tagabdar villages in Gizab force members. Religious and ethnic district, Daykundi province. minorities were at particular risk. During its offensive and following its REFUGEES’ AND MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS takeover, the Taliban carried out reprisal and The Taliban takeover increased the number extrajudicial killings of people associated with of Afghan refugees entering neighbouring the former administration, including countries. After evacuations from Kabul members of the ANDSF. On 19 July, the airport were stopped, thousands of desperate Taliban abducted and killed two sons of Afghans sought land routes to Pakistan and former Kandahar provincial council member Iran. Tens of thousands crossed into Pakistan Fida Mohammad Afghan. Former police before it closed its borders on 2 September to officers, particularly women, were also most Afghans. Only the Torkham crossing targeted. Also in July, Taliban fighters killed point was open to those holding gate passes. nine ethnic Hazara men in Mundarakht In November, the Norwegian Refugee 2 village in Malistan district, Ghazni province. Council reported that 4,000-5,000 Afghans On 30 August, in Kahor village in Khidir were crossing the border to Iran every day. district, Daykundi province, the Taliban The right of Afghans, including those at risk extrajudicially executed nine ANDSF of reprisals, to seek asylum in third countries members after they had surrendered, and was compromised by Taliban-imposed killed two civilians, including a 17-year-old restrictions on departures, including often girl, as they attempted to flee the village. All insurmountable challenges in obtaining were ethnic Hazaras. On 4 September, Banu passports and visas. There were fears that Negar, a former member of the police force border restrictions by neighbouring countries in Ghor province, was beaten and shot dead would force Afghans to make irregular by Taliban fighters in front of her children. A journeys using smugglers, placing them at further 100 former members of the security further risk of human rights abuses. forces were killed or forcibly disappeared by the Taliban between mid-August and the end WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS of December. Prior to the Taliban takeover, women and girls FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND continued to experience gender-based EVICTIONS discrimination and violence. After the Taliban takeover, they lost many of their fundamental Between January and December, some human rights. Despite reassurances from the 682,031 people were displaced by fighting, Taliban that women’s rights would be adding to the 4 million already displaced by respected, the limited progress made in the conflict and natural disasters. previous two decades was quickly reversed. The Taliban forcibly evicted thousands of people from their homes and land in Daykundi and Helmand provinces and also Amnesty International Report 2021/22 65