RASC News Agency: Representatives from multiple countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, have expressed serious concern regarding the dire circumstances facing women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. They called for holding the group accountable on these issues. On Monday, April 29, during a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, they discussed the council’s five-year national report on Afghanistan. They noted that Afghanistani women have faced numerous forms of violence and restrictions from the Taliban over the past two years.
Michelle Taylor, the United States’ representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council, stated that the human rights situation in Afghanistan is approaching “complete collapse.” She urged the Taliban to repeal all discriminatory decrees against women, particularly those limiting their right to work and education. Germany’s representative at the United Nations described the Taliban’s treatment of Afghanistani women as “systematic gender discrimination.”
Similarly, the representatives from the United Kingdom and France condemned the severe human rights conditions in Afghanistan, stating that the Taliban have violated the rights of women, children, and minorities in the country. Nicolas de Riviera, France’s representative at the United Nations, stated that the Taliban have forced the population into submission. The United Kingdom’s representative at the United Nations described the human rights situation in Afghanistan under Taliban rule as “shocking.”
According to him, the Taliban have executed many former military personnel and continue to arbitrarily detain journalists and civil society activists. In addition, representatives from several Islamic countries, including Indonesia, Turkey, and Kuwait, emphasized the importance of lifting work and education restrictions on women in Afghanistan.
Turkey’s representative at the United Nations Human Rights Council called for ongoing support from the international community for the Afghanistani people and stressed the need to remove all work and education restrictions on women. Despite all these criticisms and concerns regarding the situation of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the group claimed that the fundamental rights of Afghanistani women are more protected now than ever before.
Previously, the United Nations Human Rights Council, in its national report, underscored the vital need for establishing an inclusive government in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
