{
  "id": 752153,
  "title": "Human Rights Watch urges Taliban to release detained UN, NGO staff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/human-rights-watch-urges-taliban-to-release-detained-un-ngo-staff",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:46:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/human-rights-watch-urges-taliban-release-detained-un-ngo-staff"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch called for the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers in Afghanistan following a string of Taliban detentions in recent weeks. HRW said on Wednesday that six male staff working with the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) had been \"forcibly disappeared\" from the NGO's Kabul office last month. The NGO has…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}