This chapter provides a brief outline and general considerations with regard to the assessment of applications for international protection in relation to the elements of the refugee definition (Article 2(d) QD) and proceeds with the analysis of information concerning 18 particular profiles of applicants. For each profile, and in some cases the relevant sub-profiles, it provides: COI summary, risk analysis (including findings whether the treatment the profile risks would amount to persecution and assessment of the level of risk), and conclusions with regard to the potential nexus to a reason for persecution.

 
The contents of this chapter include:
 

• Preliminary remarks
• Analysis of particular profiles
  • 2.1. Persons affiliated with the former Afghan government
  • 2.2. Individuals who have worked for foreign military troops or perceived as supporting them
  • 2.3. Religious leaders
  • 2.4. Persons fearing forced recruitment by armed groups
  • 2.5. Educational personnel
  • 2.6. Healthcare professionals and humanitarian workers, including individuals working for national and international NGOs
  • 2.7. Journalists and media workers
  • 2.8. Human rights defenders
  • 2.9. Individuals perceived to have transgressed moral and/or societal norms
    • Moral and societal norms in Afghanistan
    • 2.9.1. Honour-based violence and moral offenses
    • 2.9.2. Individuals perceived as 'Westernised'
  • 2.10. Individuals considered to have committed blasphemy and/or apostasy
  • 2.11. Ethnic and religious minorities
    • 2.11.1. Individuals of Hazara ethnicity
    • 2.11.2. Shia, including Ismaili
    • 2.11.3. Hindus and Sikhs
  • 2.12. Women
    • Situation of women after the Taliban takeover
    • 2.12.1. Violence against women and girls: overview
    • 2.12.2. Harmful traditional marriage practices
    • 2.12.3. Women in public roles
    • 2.12.4. Women perceived to have transgressed moral and/or societal norms
    • 2.12.5. Single women and female heads of households
  • 2.13. Children
    • 2.13.1. Violence against children: overview
    • 2.13.2. Child marriage
    • 2.13.3. Child recruitment
    • 2.13.4. Child labour and child trafficking
    • 2.13.5. Education of children and girls in particular
    • 2.13.6. Children without a support network in Afghanistan
  • 2.14. LGBTIQ persons
  • 2.15. Persons living with disabilities and persons with severe medical issues
  • 2.16. Individuals involved in blood feuds and land disputes
    • 2.16.1. Blood feuds
    • 2.16.2. Land disputes
  • 2.17. Individuals accused of ordinary crimes
  • 2.18. Individuals who were born in Iran or Pakistan and/or who lived there for a long period of time