Post-Taleban human rights poor: UN

Despite progress since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, Afghans suffer from human rights violations, an UN expert reported Monday to the UN General Assembly.
The report, by Cherif Bassiouni, said Afghanistan was the scene of "gross violations of fundamental human rights," from extra-judicial 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."