Lawyers Weekly report
Following the bombing of Kabul airport on 26 August that took the lives of over 100 people, the network has urged the Australian government to take steps with increased urgency after it announced an end to the evacuation mission from Afghanistan with the withdrawal of all Australian troops.
According to the network, there are now serious fears about the fate of the people of Afghanistan who have already suffered for decades and are now facing an imminent humanitarian crisis with the violent Taliban takeover and the most recent bombing attributed to Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP).
Human rights lawyer Arif Hussein criticised both the US and Australia troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“The hasty, chaotic, and irresponsible manner in which international troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has taken place leading up to 31 August 2021, has directly contributed to the current humanitarian crisis the Afghan people face and the recent attacks by Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP),” he said.