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SIGAR has delivered the archived SIGAR.mil website to the federal government's "CyberCemetery." SIGAR expected it would be online already, but it's not. SIGAR does not know why the UNT Digital Library/ CyberCemetery has not published it. digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collec…

Thank you to all – both inside and outside SIGAR – who conducted, cooperated with, or otherwise informed and facilitated SIGAR’s efforts.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) will terminate as an agency on January 31, 2026. Thank you to all who followed, utilized and supported SIGAR’s independent oversight work over the 17 years of its existence.

NEW: Today SIGAR released its Final Report, a final accounting of SIGAR’s cumulative work overseeing U.S.-funded programs and activities for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. sigar.mil/Reports/Articl…

NEW: Today, SIGAR released its 68th Quarterly Report to Congress, examining the U.S. reconstruction effort in #Afghanistan. Read here: sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

NEW: Today, SIGAR released its 67th Quarterly Report to Congress, examining the U.S. reconstruction effort in #Afghanistan. Read here: sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

NEW: SIGAR released its latest report, Public International Organizations in #Afghanistan: #StateDept and #USAID Agreements with PIOs Need Strengthening to Ensure U.S. Funds are Not Diverted to Terrorist Groups sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

NEW: Today, SIGAR released its 66th Quarterly Report to Congress examining the U.S. reconstruction effort in #Afghanistan. Read here: sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

Last quarter, #UNAMA recorded one extrajudicial killing and seven arbitrary arrests of individuals accused of affiliation with the National Resistance Front of #Afghanistan, an armed anti-Taliban resistance group #page=30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

Former govt officials & #ANDSF members have been targeted by Taliban since 2021. Last quarter, #UNAMA recorded four extrajudicial killings, nine arbitrary arrests and detentions, and six instances of torture & mistreatment of former ANDSF & govt officials #page=30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

Human Rights Watch reported that a number of Afghan families have murdered their female family members who served as police due to shame associated with their work, and that the Taliban have failed to investigate these instances #page=30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

(2/2)…for questioning & threatening unspecified consequences due to their former work. As a result, many fled to Iran & Pakistan #page=30" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

(1/2) Last quarter, Human Rights Watch reported on Taliban’s targeting of women who served with the police force under former Republic. Some of the 24 women interviewed said they received “intimidating” phone calls from Taliban officials ordering them to report…

Timeline of Taliban restrictions 2021-2024: #page=28" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/Portals/147/Fi…

(2/2)…despite promises the Taliban made prior to their 2021 takeover suggesting a willingness to moderate their earlier policies #page=9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyr…

(1/2) #USIP has been tracking each Taliban edict that has contributed to the erasure of women from Afghan society & erosion of human rights since group regained power in 2021. Many edicts issued in past three years are similar to those enforced during their 1996–2001 reign,

(2/2)…told TOLOnews that USIP’s reporting is “entirely false,” and that the morality law is “an excellent law for reforming society.” #page=9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyr…

(1/2) In response to new morality law criticism, Taliban issued a statement on Sept 20, barring religious scholars from engaging in debate on controversial topics. Taliban emphasized there were no internal disputes, and ministry for propagation of virtue and prevention of vice…

#page=9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyr…

#USIP noted that conservative religious scholars in & out of #AFG have disagreed with Taliban’s recent interpretations of Islamic law. For example, new edict directs women to conceal their voices, yet multiple Quranic verses document women’s verbal communication with the Prophet