hundreds of people have died Afghanistan Since then Taliban The United Nations said in a report on Wednesday that the country was occupied almost a year ago, even though security has improved since then.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan also highlighted the poor condition of women and girls since the Taliban takeover and how many of their human rights have been taken away under Afghanistan’s current rulers.
“It is beyond time for all Afghans to be able to live in peace and rebuild their lives after 20 years of armed conflict. Our surveillance shows that despite the improved security situation since August 15, the people of Afghanistan, especially women and girls, are deprived of the full enjoyment of their human rights,” said Markus Potzel, Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General of Afghanistan . ,
The report said 700 people have been killed and 1,400 injured since mid-August 2021, when the Taliban captured the Afghan capital Kabul as the United States and NATO entered the final weeks of their withdrawal from the country. Were.
Most of those casualties were linked to attacks in the country by an ally of the Islamic State group, a bitter rival of the Taliban, which has targeted ethnic and religious minority communities in places where they attend school, worship and their go about daily life.
Afghanistan has seen frequent bombings and other attacks on civilians, often targeting the predominantly Shia Muslim ethnic Hazara minority. Most of the attacks have been claimed by affiliates of the Islamic State group in the country.
The United Nations also said the apology for former government officials announced by the Taliban last year has not been consistently upheld. Fiona Fraser, the UN human rights representative in Afghanistan, said the UN had recorded 160 extrajudicial killings and 178 arrests of former government and military officials.
The report said that human rights violations should be investigated by the authorities, perpetrators should be held accountable and incidents should be prevented from happening again in future.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid called the UN report “baseless and propaganda” and its findings “not true”.
He said that arbitrary arrests and killings are not allowed in the country and if anyone commits such crimes, he will be considered guilty and will face legal action.
Following their takeover last year, the Taliban began to impose an increasingly tough line, rolling back similar radical measures when the Taliban last ruled the country from 1996 to 2001.
He issued orders requiring women to cover their faces except for their eyes in public, including with female presenters on TV, and barring girls from attending school after sixth grade.
The UN report said that the erosion of women’s rights has been one of the most notable aspects of real governance so far. Since August, women and girls have received and in many cases completely stripped of their rights to participate fully in education, the workplace and other aspects of public and daily life.
The United Nations said the decision to not allow girls to return to secondary school meant that a generation of girls would not be able to complete their 12 years of basic education.
“Education and participation of women and girls in public life is fundamental to any modern society. The exile of women and girls in the home deprives Afghanistan of the benefits of the significant contribution they make. Education for all is not just a It is a basic human right, it is the key to the progress and development of a nation,” UN envoy Potzel said.
During the previous Taliban regime in Afghanistan, they subjected women to heavy sanctions, barred them from participating in education and public life, and required them to wear a broad burqa.
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