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Afghanistan is in the Midst of a Humanitarian and Human Rights Catastrophe

Author
Global Dispatches
Published
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Episode Link
https://sites.libsyn.com/41455/afghanistan-human-rights

Afghanistan is in a humanitarian and human rights tailspin. Since the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban in August, the Afghan economy has been in a tailspin. A major liquidity crisis is causing widespread suffering among the Afghan people including severe foos insecurity. Meanwhile, a new report from Human Rights Watch details a spate of summary executions and violence meted out by the newly installed de-facto Taliban government. 

Guest: Patricia Gossman, Associate Asia Director for Human Rights Watch. 

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