The UN's special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Parisa Mubariz, a women’s rights activist.
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, has met several senior officials of the Islamic Emirate and discussed the issues of women’s education and work.
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, has met several senior officials of the Islamic Emirate and discussed the issues of women’s education and work.
The United Nations' aid chief visited Kabul on January 23 and raised concerns over women's education and work with the Taliban administration's acting minister of foreign affairs, an Afghan ministry statement said.
The rule of the Taliban's supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, has been defined by extremist policies that have alienated Afghans and isolated the Islamist group's unrecognized government internationally.