24 May 2021 - 11:04
KABUL (Pajhwok): Hard-won rights of Afghan women and girls are under threat, a global watchdog says, referring to the limited involvement of women in peace negotiations.
With foreign troops leaving the country and peace talks deadlocked, the prospects for Afghan women and girls were at a critical juncture, Amnesty International said.
Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director Yamini Mishra said in a statement on Monday: “Afghanistan is at a tipping point. As peace talks falter, the conflict continues to take the lives of civilians on an almost daily basis.”
She believed Afghanistan was drifting towards an outcome that threatened to undo more than two decades of progress for women and girls.