Key:

w&g = women and girls

m&b = men and boys

Before I start this article, I would like to say that what the Taliban is doing to women and girls is absolutely disgusting and the Taliban is a group of psychopathic terrorists.

That being said, many articles, videos and posts I've seen are all about how the Taliban hates w&g in particular, and want to hurt them in particular.

We now know that it is false, that actually, Taliban are more likely to target men and boys than w&g.

According to this source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-more-than-500-civilians-died-in-afghanistan-violence-in-first-quarter/

Out of 533 civilian deaths, 152 are children and 60 are women. This leaves 321 men. So, in total, 60% of the deaths are adult males, 11% are adult women. It doesn't say that the gender of the children were, but let's give the benefit of the doubt and say it's 50/50 (it's usually skewed for boys), 29% of the deaths were children, so 14.5% boys 14.5% girls. That means m&b are 74.5% of deaths!

It is good to mention that the article still said "women are disproportionately affected"

Our next source is this one: https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/2021/662&Lang=E&Area=UNDOC a report from the UN

I'm not sure what exactly they mean by grave violations, but I think they mean rape, kidnapping, or killing, but nevertheless, boys were 71% of the victims:

During the reporting period, the country task force verified 6,473 grave violations against 6,131 children (4,358 boys, 1,757 girls and 16 of sex unknown) aged from a few months to 17 years

I don't think the Taliban or ANA uses female child soldiers so they used only boys:

The country task force verified the recruitment and use of 260 boys, mainly in the northern region (161), the north-eastern region (56) and the central highlands region (13). There was a sharp increase from 2019 (64) to 2020 (196).

The Afghan National Defence and Security Forces were responsible for the recruitment and use of 22 boys, attributed to the Afghan National Police (8), Afghan National Army Territorial Force (4), the Afghan Local Police (1), and the Afghan Local Police and pro-government militias jointly (9).4 In addition, the recruitment and use of eight boys was attributed to pro-government militias. Children aged from 13 to 17 years were used in combat and support roles, as well as for sexual purposes, such as bacha bazi, a practice whereby boys are exploited by wealthy or powerful men for entertainment, in particular for dancing and sexual activities.

99% were boys here:

The country task force documented the recruitment and use of 413 children (412 boys and 1 girl), mainly by armed groups, that it could not verify by the time of writing owing to sensitivities and concerns for the safety of the victims, families and sources, as well as access limitations.

Boys were more likely to be recruited and used than girls, owing partly to cultural norms and religious beliefs. Poverty was also a significant push and pull factor, and boys were more likely to bear the responsibility for meeting the household’s economic needs. Girls were often subjected to early marriages and engaged in domestic labour or other household work and activities. Those trends were exacerbated in 2020 owing to the socioeconomic impact of the measures taken in response to COVID-19, including lockdowns.

99% of the children held in prisons were boys, some even for years.

The Ministry of Justice reported that 311 children (310 boys and 1 girl) were detained in the juvenile rehabilitation centre in Kabul on charges related to national security, including association with armed groups (146 boys in 2019; 164 boys and 1 girl in 2020), for periods ranging from 6 months to 3.5 years.

70% of the children killed were boys

The country task force verified the killing (1,635) and maiming (4,135) of 5,770 children (4,016 boys, 1,738 girls and 16 of sex unknown) aged from a few months to 17 years, occurring in 2019 (3,151) and 2020 (2,619). Armed groups were responsible for 46 per cent of child casualties, namely the killing (602) and maiming (2,031) of 2,633 children (1,946 boys, 684 girls and 3 of sex unknown), with the vast majority attributed to the Taliban (2,178), followed by ISIL-KP (285), unidentified armed groups (166) and jointly to the Taliban and ISIL-KP (4).

70% of the children raped were boys

The country task force verified incidents of sexual violence affecting 31 children (22 boys and 9 girls) in 2019 (17) and 2020 (14)

Boys schools were more targeted than girls schools, as a result, 70% of the children denied education were boys

As a result of advocacy by the country task force and the support of community elders and local authorities, 1,323 schools reopened in 2019 (924) and in 2020 (399). Some of the schools that reopened had been closed since 2010. As at 31 December 2020, 796 schools remained closed countrywide, depriving 349,920 children (245,169 boys and 104,751 girls) of access to education during the reporting period.

87% of those abducted were boys

The country task force verified the abduction of 69 children (60 boys and 9 girls), as young as 1 year old, in 2019 (14) and 2020 (55), with the higher numbers in the eastern region (24) and the northern region (21).

The Taliban abducted members of the community, including two boys aged 10 and 15, took them to a village and shot and killed them on the same day.

In short, men are much more likely to kill than women, boys are much more likely to be violated, killed, raped, kidnapped, forced into combat, and denied education than girls.

Even through this, the media, and even governments, are giving attention to women and girls:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9899229/Women-girls-sanctuary-UK-Afghan-females-given-priority-come-here.html

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