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Six employees of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation in Kabul — a women's and children's rights organization led by Zarqa Yaftali — were detained b

Incident 15 July 2026 Kabul province AHRC-2026-0715-KAB-01

Summary

Six employees of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation in Kabul — a women's and children's rights organization led by Zarqa Yaftali — were detained by Taliban intelligence authorities for 68 days without access to legal counsel or a stated legal basis. Five (Sultan Ali Rahimi, Hamed Sediqi, Sayem Hazim, Qadir Hamidi, and Bismillah) were released on 22 September 2026. A sixth employee, Abdul Matin Hakimi, remains in Taliban custody. The detainees were held solely because of their research, educational work, and advocacy for women's rights and girls' education.

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HR-DET-01

Arbitrary arrest / detention · primary

ICCPR Art. 9; UDHR Art. 9

Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.

HR-EXPR-01

Suppression of press / journalists

ICCPR Art. 19; UDHR Art. 19

Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.

Also coded as: Freedom of expression

Sources

One report only. Nothing corroborates it yet, which is why this entry is graded single-source rather than confirmed.

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Amu TV
Domestic outlet · en · 22 September 2026
“Five staff members of Zarqa Yaftali’s organization released from Taliban prison”
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Structured extraction against the UN taxonomy · HR-DET-01
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Held at single-source pending a second independent report

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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “Six employees of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation in Kabul — a women's and children's rights organization led by Zarqa Yaftali — were detained b”, entry AHRC-2026-0715-KAB-01, grade: Single-source, 2026-07-15. Retrieved 7 October 2026.

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