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Afghanistan UN Delegation

Edit in The Nation, Jan 23, 2023A high-level UN delegation visited Afghanistan last week and sent a clear message to the Afghan government that isolating women will also isolate Afghanistan and as the country faces a terrible humanitarian crisis, it cannot afford to do so. While these statements have been issued in the past as well, the tone implies that the international community is losing its patience with the de-facto Afghan leadership. The UN delegation…

UN asks Taliban to revoke policies against women

AFP in Dawn, December 28th, 2022GENEVA: The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted on Tuesday, condemning their ‘terrible’ consequences. “No country can develop — indeed survive — socially and economically with half its population excluded,” Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement. “These unfathomable restrictions placed on women and girls will not only increase the suffering of…