Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan After the Soviets' departure from Afghanistan, the basic human rights of Afghans were not just trampled upon but summarily eliminated. After the widespread destruction of the power struggle, the ruling party, the Taliban, committed atrocities against the Afghan people that few would believe still exist in the world today. The Shiite minority and Afghan women are especially targeted. Despite every effort by the Taliban to limit journalists and the documentation of crimes committed, there is enormous information made public around the world. The violations present a unique situation in the world and elicit reaction from the world at large. http://www.tabloid.net/1999/01/21/taliban_990121.html: Tabloid News Services - Kabul, Afghanistan What has become normal for these people? The Afghans look like something out of a horror movie to most of the civilized world. The Taliban regime implemented its own form of justice under the banner of Islam. This piece of news from the capital tells of a typical day of sentences, severed hands and feet of thieves hung in the busiest area of ​​the city to serve as a warning to others. One of the most unique punishments is for sodomites. The alleged perpetrator faces a wall, which is demolished on top of him as a crowd watches.**http://my.rawa.org/rawa.htmlRawa, the Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women, was founded under the Soviet regime rules. These women campaigned against Soviet atrocities and brought their heinous crimes to light to the public. After their departure, this group expanded its scope to include resistance to fundamentalists and the mistreatment of Afghan women and girls. The Taliban are particularly cruel towards women as they believe that women should not be allowed to work or go to school. Women and girls who still pursue these goals are often stopped by the morality police and beaten or worse. The Rawa organization. is doing an incredible job exposing these violations in their stark circumstances. http://www.rawa.org/herat-p.htm In May 1999, the Taliban put down a coup by the Iranian-backed Shiite group Hezb-e-Wahdat. . After the clash, they thought it would be prudent to search all the Hazara Shia minority living in Herat. The Taliban carried out an armed house-to-house search throughout the city.