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Paying for the Taliban's Crimes Paying for the Taliban's Crimes: Human Rights Watch reports on abuses against ethnic Pashtuns in Northern Afghanistan. (Human Rights) http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/afghan2/ Afghanistan: The Massacre In Mazar-I Sharif Afghanistan: The Massacre In Mazar-I Sharif: A report from Human Rights Watch on the August massacre of civilians by Taliban troops in Mazar-i Sharif. (Human Rights) http://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports98/afghan/ Guardian: Behind the Burka Guardian: Behind the Burka: Polly Toynbee. "With such a dearth of satisfactory allies, the coalition should turn to one Afghan group completely ignored so far - the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan." (Human Rights) http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4266035,00.html Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan Human Rights Watch: Afghanistan: Reports on current concerns including war casualties among Afghan civilians, the use of cluster bombs, and the rights of prisoners of war. (Human Rights) http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/afghanistan/ All Our Hopes are Crushed: Violence and Repression in Western Afghanistan All Our Hopes are Crushed: Violence and Repression in Western Afghanistan: Report by Human Rights Watch. Documents widespread abuses in the areas of western Afghanistan controlled by Ismail Khan and in the city of Herat. (Human Rights) http://hrw.org/reports/2002/afghan3/ CNN: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban CNN: Life in Afghanistan under the Taliban: Freelance journalist Saira Shah on an undercover, under-burqa project captures the totalitarian brutality of Taliban rule on film. (Human Rights) http://www.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/08/24/shah/index.html Amnesty International: Afghanistan Amnesty International: Afghanistan: Human rights reports and news, from 1997 to the present, about the country's people and refugees. (Human Rights) http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-afg/index The Taliban and Afghan Women The Taliban and Afghan Women: The Feminist Majority Foundation campaign to assist women in Afghanistan describes the elimination of Women's rights and the humanitarian crisis. (Human Rights) http://www.feminist.org/afghan/facts.html Kabul's Lost Women Kabul's Lost Women: The Washington Post reports that many women and girls abducted by the Taliban are still missing. (Human Rights) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A62604-2001Dec18&notFound=true Human Rights in Afghanistan Human Rights in Afghanistan: Derechos presents information and links on human rights in Afghanistan. (Human Rights) http://www.derechos.org/saran/afg.html?afghanistan British al-Qaida suspects disappear British al-Qaida suspects disappear: Dozens of Taliban and al-Qaida suspects have disappeared from jails in Kabul and are beyond the reach of human rights monitors and diplomats. (Human Rights) http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,629676,00.html Thousands held by US-led forces Thousands held by US-led forces: A senior American official says some 7,000 Taleban and al-Qaeda members are being held prisoner after the collapse of the Taleban. (Human Rights) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1723242.stm