The Afghanistan Human Rights Center (AHRC) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in March 2023. It was founded by a group of dedicated human rights defenders and former members of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. AHRC operates under the legal framework of the United States and is filed as a non-for-profit organization with the State of Connecticut and registered under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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This report covers AHRC's verified incident record for the period 4–11 August 2026. AHRC's database recorded 1 incident during this window. The record reflects a documented undercount; the true scope…
Read more →This report covers the period 2–9 August 2026 and is grounded exclusively in AHRC's verified incident database. During the past week, AHRC's verified record contains 3 documented incidents spanning 3…
Read more →The Afghanistan Human Rights Center (AHRC) strongly condemns the attack carried out today by armed individuals against civilians in the village of “Deh Miri,” located in Injil District of Herat…
Read more →The Afghanistan Human Rights Center (AHRC) today, April 2, 2026, publishes its research report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan in the solar year 1404. Despite the restrictions and the…
Read more →Report on the Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan In 1404
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This report covers AHRC's verified incident record for the period 4–11 August 2026. AHRC's database recorded 1 incident during this window. The record reflects a documented undercount; the true scope of violations is likely broader than what is captured here. A single incident (AHRC-2026-0806-KAB-01), dated 6 August 2026 and located in…
Behind the reports is an incident-level archive. Every incident is coded to the treaty provision it engages; those a researcher has reviewed and accepted are marked verified, and the rest are labelled not yet verified.
No published entries yet, so there is no trend to draw. This chart appears once the record covers a full period.
The record is what reached us and passed review. Thin coverage in a province reflects reporting conditions and access as much as the underlying situation, and absence of incidents is not evidence of absence of violations. No figure here is a national total.
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