Ravadi Reports 66 Enforced Disappearances by Taliban in Afghanistan in 2025

KABUL (Afghan Verified) -- The human rights organization Ravadi published its annual report on Wednesday detailing the human rights situation in Afghanistan for 2025, documenting extensive abuses by the Taliban.

Ravadi reported that at least 66 people disappeared after being detained by the Taliban and unknown armed individuals across 12 provinces, mainly former government employees, those accused of collaborating with opposition groups, and tribal and religious elders. Hasht-e Subh cited the report as noting a 29.4% increase in such cases from 51 in 2024 and more than double from 30 in 2023.

The report also recorded at least 617 people killed and 537 wounded in explosive and suicide attacks, Pakistani airstrikes, and mine explosions, with the highest civilian casualties in provinces including Kandahar, Helmand, Paktia, Paktika, and Khost.

Ravadi documented 611 people, including 48 women and 35 children, targeted and mysteriously killed or wounded by the Taliban and unidentified individuals, mostly former government employees, protesters, activists, tribal elders, and those accused of cooperating with opposition groups. It stated at least 80 former employees and 40 civilians were killed on such charges.

Additionally, 2,559 people were arbitrarily detained, and 11 died in Taliban custody from torture. The group highlighted increased arrests of women following the Amr bil Maruf law, distribution of mahram cards to 9-year-old girls in Kandahar, conversion of girls' schools into religious schools, and closure of 15 private education centers, 41 English classes, and 11 computer classes secretly teaching girls. Women's access to health services has been severely reduced.

Ravadi noted Taliban punishments including qisas sentences for six people, stoning for one woman, and flogging for 857 others on charges such as fleeing home, extramarital sex, theft, and drug or alcohol offenses. The Taliban intensified discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities, restricting job opportunities, public services, aid, religious rituals like Ashura ceremonies, and pressuring Ismaili Shiites in Badakhshan to change their religion.