despite progress since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghans suffer from human rights violations, an UN expert reported to the UN General Assembly.

despite progress since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghans suffer from human rights violations, an UN expert reported to the UN General Assembly. 
The report, by Cherif Bassiouni, said Afghanistan was the scene of "gross violations of fundamental human rights," from extrajudicial executions to abuse of women and girls.
The report noted "problems of security in a country that is still dominated by the military power of warlords and local commanders and by the rising economic power of those who are engaged in poppy cultivation and heroin traffic." Bassiouni also traced deplorable conditions at Pol-e-Charkhi prison, where, he said 734 Pakistanis and Afghans had been detained illegally for 30 months, awaiting release by President Hamid Karzai. Conditions in the prison must be improved to meet UN minimum standards, he said.