World News | U.S. will not have normal relations with Taliban without respect for human rights: special envoy Rina Amiri

washington [US]April 25 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Women, Girls and Human Rights in Afghanistan Rina Amiri said on Tuesday that the US would not engage with the Taliban if human rights were not respected, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. Establish a normal relationship.

Amiri tweeted: “I have received messages expressing concerns about recognizing the Taliban. We remain clear. There will be no normalization of relations with the Taliban without respect for the rights of all Afghans, especially women.”

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The remarks by the U.S. envoy came after the U.N. deputy secretary-general said the group would hold a meeting to discuss the possibility of international recognition of the Taliban government, Khaama Press reported.

US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel recently stated that the agenda of the UN meeting has never been to discuss the recognition of the Taliban.

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“It was never the intent and purpose of this meeting to discuss recognition of the Taliban and any discussion of recognition in this meeting is unacceptable to us,” Patel said.

Meanwhile, the United Nations will hold an international meeting on May 1 and 2 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

The head of the United Nations Development Program has said the United Nations recently said it was ready to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in May if it could not persuade the Taliban to allow local women to work for the group.

The United Nations is negotiating with the Taliban to make an exception to the decree that prohibits local women from working for the organization.

UNDP Administrator Achen Steiner said: “It’s fair to say that we are now at a point where the entire UN system has to take a step back and reassess its ability to function there. But this is not about negotiating fundamentals. principles, human rights.”

The United Nations recently expressed “serious concern” over the ban on female Afghan UN staff from reporting to work in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, the Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. (Arnie)

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