RASC: The Afghanistan Human Rights Commission considers the Taliban’s decision to stop the educational activities of foreign institutions in the country, imposing restrictions on the education and upbringing of children and teenagers, against the standards of human rights.
The Taliban announced that international organizations should stop all their educational activities in Afghanistan.
Employees of these institutions and sources from the Taliban confirm this issue, but the spokespersons of this group have not officially said anything about it.
The Human Rights Commission mentioned in its announcement that the result of this “shocking” decision will prevent the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and dozens of support organizations for education from operating, which will lead to the deprivation of hundreds of thousands of Afghanistani children from education. .
A source from the Taliban, who asked to remain anonymous, told the media that UNICEF will continue its activities.
UNICEF itself says that it is following these reports and if international non-governmental organizations active in the field of education are not allowed to operate, they may deprive more than 500,000 children, including more than 300,000 girls, from education.
The Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan has asked the leadership of the Taliban to “stop such illogical and cruel approaches”.
This commission has requested the international community, especially the governments and influential international organizations, to use effective methods to force the Taliban to reconsider their “anti-human rights” decisions and approaches.
The Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan has requested human rights organizations to file lawsuits to ensure the human rights of citizens, especially the rights of women and children.
This commission also asked the United Nations Human Rights Council to pay attention to the issue of human rights of Afghanistani citizens in its 53rd session, which will be held in June of this year in Genoa.
In Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban group, girls above the sixth grade are currently deprived of education and women’s activities in government offices and non-governmental organizations are also prohibited.
