Rights Group Asks Countries To Avoid Political, Economic Relations With Taliban
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) announced that according to the recent resolution of the United Nations Security Council, governments should influence the Taliban to remove restrictions against Afghan women.
The commission asked regional and international stakeholders to avoid political and economic cooperation with the Taliban.
In a statement on Saturday, AIHRC called the recent resolution of the Security Council important. However, the rights group stressed that governments must consider human rights as a redline while maintaining their relations with the Taliban.
According to the commission, the Taliban regime uses citizens' human rights, especially women's rights, as a tool to pressurise the international community in order to gain recognition and receive humanitarian support.
The rights commission stated that the political demands and strategic goals of the powerful countries of the world and the region should not undermine human rights and especially women's rights in Afghanistan.
On Thursday, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution that condemned the Taliban's ban on the work of Afghan women.
