Taliban authorities raided the Kabul office of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) on June 21, 2026, confiscating devices and sealing the p
Summary
Taliban authorities raided the Kabul office of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) on June 21, 2026, confiscating devices and sealing the premises. On July 18, 2026, six male staff members were summoned back to the office under the pretext of collecting their confiscated devices and were instead taken into custody. Families have received no information on their whereabouts, condition, or charges — constituting enforced disappearance under international law. Human Rights Watch called for their immediate release.
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Legal classification
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Enforced disappearance · primary
ICPPED; ICCPR Art. 9
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Arbitrary arrest / detention
ICCPR Art. 9; UDHR Art. 9
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Suppression of press / journalists
ICCPR Art. 19; UDHR Art. 19
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Also coded as: Arbitrary detention, Freedom of expression
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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “Taliban authorities raided the Kabul office of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) on June 21, 2026, confiscating devices and sealing the p”, entry AHRC-2026-0621-KAB-01, grade: Single-source, 2026-06-21. Retrieved 23 August 2026.