The Conversation: From Taliban morality police to suspected UK war crimes

AAN authors discuss three in depth reports: Kate Clark on what has changed in the year since the introduction of the ‘Vice and Virtue’ law in Afghanistan, Roxanna Shapour discusses a survey on men's views about the restrictions on women and finally, Rachel Reid gives a glimpse into her forthcoming report on alleged war crimes by British special forces in Afghanistan. 

Duration: 31 minutes 

Shownotes: The reports discussed in this episode are A year of Propagating Virtue and Preventing Vice: Enforcers and ‘enforced’ speak about the Emirate’s morality law and In Pursuit of Virtue: Men’s views on the Islamic Emirate’s restrictions on women. The report on potential war crimes by UK special forces has not yet been published, but you can read a little about it in this wider piece on accountability efforts in Afghanistan, A New Accountability Mechanism for Afghanistan: What the IIM-A can (and cannot) do. 

Image: Taliban in front of the Vice and Virtue Ministry. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP, 16 October 2024

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