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Faiq addressed the UN General Assembly (UNGA) which was held on November 1 and discussed the report of the UN Human Rights Council.

In the UNGA meeting, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative called the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan alarming and said that as a result of the long war and natural disasters, Afghan women, girls, and children have suffered the most.

Faiq emphasised that depriving Afghan women of basic rights and being deprived of education and employment have weakened them tremendously.

Earlier, Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan, had expressed concerns about the deterioration of the human rights situation in Afghanistan.

He pointed out that the human rights crisis in Afghanistan has deepened under the Taliban reign of Afghanistan.

Faiq also said that the human rights in Afghanistan as reflected in the quarterly reports of the UN Secretary-General and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights are concerning.

According to Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, human rights violations include mistreatment and continuous violation of human rights, violations of international humanitarian law, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, forced migrations, collective punishment, violence against peaceful protests and journalists, retaliation against the former defense and security forces.

Faiq stressed that the Taliban’s imposed prejudiced policies to limit the basic rights and freedoms of women and girls, including freedom of movement, the right to education, work, and participation in social activities, have all been contrary to the principles of international human rights conventions and treaties.

Other watchdog groups and human rights activists have continuously said that the Taliban has intensified attacks on women in response to Afghan women's protests.

According to the latest reports, the intensification of repression and assault on women has increased sharply in Kabul in recent weeks.

The German foreign minister strongly criticised the Taliban’s policies and said that Berlin is against the group's actions and policies.

However, the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, said that Tashkent aims to help Afghanistan in order to prevent a humanitarian crisis.

Vladimir Norov added that it is necessary for the international community to release the frozen assets of Afghanistan.

The German Foreign Minister, however, said that she doesn’t agree with her Uzbek counterpart on Afghanistan.

She stressed that Germany continues to help the people of Afghanistan. The German foreign minister added that Berlin “has decided to relocate thousands of people to Germany through Uzbekistan every month".

So far, no one has claimed responsibility for this attack.

Earlier, a passenger vehicle ferrying employees of Taliban’s al-Farooq corps was the target of armed attack in Herat city.

On October 8 too, Taliban officials had announced that three people had been wounded in an explosion in Kabul. Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s police spokesperson in Kabul, had said that the explosion occurred in the Diwanbegi area of district 5 of Kabul city. According to Zadran, a roadside IED exploded and hit a civilian vehicle.

On October 4 as well, at least two people had been injured in a roadside explosion in Bagh-e-Bala area of Kabul city. According to witnesses from the site of the explosion, a mine had been placed inside a flowerpot on the side of the street, which then, exploded and two pedestrians got injured.

The UN mission celebrated the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists and added that media in Afghanistan is in peril.

UNAMA urged all stakeholders to “help protect journalists and end impunity".

After the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August 2021, the media sector and journalists in Afghanistan have been facing restrictions and threats from the Taliban.

Over the past year, many media outlets in Afghanistan have been closed or have stopped operations due to pressure from the Taliban. Kabul News TV is the latest such media outlet which announced suspension of its operations and broadcasts on Monday.

The Taliban have not discussed the matter so far.

Sources added that Dastgir has been active as an elder in Jabal Seraj district for five years and had never maintained political connections.

Dastgir also has been a Dutch citizen and it is said that he had recently returned to Afghanistan.

International rights groups have reported extensively on detentions, torture, and beating of civilians by the Taliban in the past year.

Most of these detentions have taken place in the provinces of Panjshir, Parwan, Takhar, and Baghlan. These are the strongholds of NRF forces in northern Afghanistan.