The incidents, which have surged since early January, are purportedly linked to violations of the Taliban’s stringent dress code for women. The Human Rights Council-appointed experts called on de facto authorities to comply with Afghanistan’s human rights obligations, including under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Taliban crackdown…
Roza Otunbayeva, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), also underscored the need for greater engagement with the de facto Taliban authorities who seized power in August 2021. She told the Council that the human rights situation in Afghanistan is characterized by systemic discrimination against women and girls, repression of political dissent…
Taliban leader Mullah Habtaullah announced a general amnesty; Photo: File bill to: The United Nations has claimed that more than 200 former officers and personnel of the Afghan army have been killed since the Taliban came to power. According to the international news organization, the report of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)…
The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and organisations with influence on the fundamentalist rulers of the country, “to promote an urgent reversal” of policies which have in effect erased women from public…
File photo Zalmay Khalilzad, the former special representative of the United States for Afghanistan, has said that the Taliban’s ban on Afghan women workers of the United Nations is wrong. In a statement, Zalmay Khalilzad said that the ban on UN Afghan women workers would increase the hardships of Afghans, and the ban could potentially…
Plans to convert military bases in Kabul and Balkh into economic zones will begin soon; Photo: File bill to: Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has said that they are preparing a plan to convert former foreign military bases across the country into “Special Economic Zones”. According to the international news organization, the…
