Taliban’s systematic torture in Afghan prisons; a crime hidden from the eyes of human rights;

New reports from Afghan prisons reveal a horrifying reality: systematic torture of prisoners, in the face of global silence. The stories of released prisoners show that they have not only lost their physical health, but also suffered deep psychological damage; young people who were once strong, now have the abilities of children.

Prisoner stories
Prisoners say in conversations with the media that they are subjected to severe torture by the Taliban for months in security detention centers before being transferred to Pul-e-Charkhi prisons, drug blocks or Bagram prison. The prisoners say that without any court order. These tortures include: pulling out nails and teeth with pliers, forced sleeplessness for consecutive nights, suffocation with water, severe beatings, especially on the genitals, hanging from a sensitive part of the body
Long-term detention in unsanitary solitary cells, insults and humiliation based on ethnicity and identity
A prisoner from Panjshir recounted: “During torture, they would tell me: You evil and rebellious Panjshir, we will destroy your generation… When the torture became more intense, I would say the name of God, but they would shut my mouth and say, ‘You are not a Muslim.’”

The report’s findings reveal groundless detentions.
Hundreds of young people have been detained simply for having a photo of Ahmad Shah Massoud or Ahmad Massoud on their mobile phones or on social media. Others are in prison for their military record or even for a simple opinion in support of human rights. Prisoners say that after the visits of human rights groups, torture not only does not decrease, but it also intensifies.

Evidence of the mental and physical consequences of prisoners
The health condition of prisoners is extremely serious. Many of them are not transferred to medical centers and even after their release, they never return to their previous condition. They suffer from depression, aggression and inability to interact socially; injuries that have destroyed their normal lives.

Along with these prisoners, they have an urgent appeal to the international community
A human rights activist, Jesur Yousefi, who has closely followed this position, says that as a human rights defender, I ask international institutions, the European Union and countries supporting human rights to pay urgent and serious attention to the situation of Afghan prisoners. Monitoring of prisons must be continuous and real, because evidence shows that after the show visits, the conditions of prisoners worsen.