WORLD NEWS | UN urges Afghan Taliban to lift ban on women

United Nations, April 28 (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly roll back increasingly stringent restrictions on women and girls that range from very strict education restrictions to banning Women work most jobs and public places and gyms.

The council condemned the Taliban for banning women from working for the UN, a decision it called “unprecedented in UN history”.

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When the Taliban seize power in August 2021, as U.S. and NATO troops withdraw from Afghanistan after a 20-year war, they initially promised a more moderate rule than when they first came to power in 1996-2001.

But international outcry has grown as Taliban leaders gradually re-impose their harsh interpretation of Sharia law, or Sharia law, on women and girls.

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The resolution expresses “deep concern over the Taliban’s growing erosion of respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Afghan women and girls” and reaffirms their “indispensable role” in Afghan society.

It called on the Taliban to swiftly restore their access to education, employment, freedom of movement and equal participation in public life. It also urged all other UN member states to use their influence to push for an “urgent reversal” of Taliban policies and practices targeting women and girls. (Associated Press)

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