The Center for Civilian Protection in Wars announced in its annual report that Afghanistan was one of six countries in 2024 where people suffered the most harm from repression and collapse of civil institutions.
Afghanistan is listed alongside Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen among countries where civilian protection conditions are assessed as “very dire.”
The center stated that from 2020 to 2024, conditions for protecting people worldwide have deteriorated, but in Afghanistan, especially after Taliban control, this decline has been more dramatic than any other country.
The Taliban’s sudden control of the country and establishment of an authoritarian system that severely restricts individual rights, particularly women’s and girls’ rights, has caused the collapse of the civilian protection system.
The report emphasized that although the level of military conflicts in Afghanistan has decreased compared to previous years, the irreparable damages of past wars, along with human rights violations and lack of justice mechanisms, have severely weakened people’s lives and health.
Afghanistan has experienced the most severe decline in people’s protection index globally over the past four years.
