Although those engaged in the fighting frequently claim they wish to restore religious, ethnic and humane standards, they have persistently abused human rights. Mothers have been forced to watch their young daughters being raped.
Children witness their parents beaten and killed.
Thousands of women have watched helplessly as their homes were destroyed and their families brutally ill-treated. Hundreds of thousands of women have made painful treks with their children across hazardous mountains, only to suffer sexual or physical abuse at border posts and in refugee camps in Pakistan. The report provides detailed testimonies by women about deliberate killings, rape and other forms of torture, abductions and sexual abuse, and political persecution of those who try to promote women's basic rights. The human rights organization called upon the transitional authorities of Afghanistan and the leaders of all armed political groups to stop their forces from abusing human rights and to ensure that women's human rights are respected. Amnesty International also urged the international community to take urgent action to help end the human rights disaster that continues unabated in Afghanistan.