Afghan Women Rights Group Says Afghanistan Under Taliban Is Hub of Int’l Terrorist Groups

The Women’s Movement for Peace and Freedom has welcomed the recent report of the United Nations Security Council and said that Taliban has turned Afghanistan into a hub for international terrorism.

The women’s rights group in a statement said that the Taliban has deep ties with terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

The Afghan women movement on Sunday added that the Taliban has taken Afghan people hostage and emphasised that the group has the same thoughts, and behaviour as during their first rule in Afghanistan in the 1990s.

The Women’s Movement for Peace and Freedom consists of female activists who stand against the Taliban by holding protests and taking public stances.

The women’s rights movement has welcomed the report of the UN Security Council's monitoring committee about the Taliban.

According to the new report, the relationship between the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains strong and the threat of terrorism in Afghanistan and the region has been increasing.

The Taliban has rejected the UN report as biased.

However, the Women's Movement for Peace and Freedom emphasised that along with the group’s ties to terrorist networks, the Taliban has increased forced and underage marriages, spread violence, and has taken millions of men and women hostage in Afghanistan.

The movement has also stressed that the Taliban has been suppressing religious minorities like in the 1990s.

The Women's Movement for Peace and Freedom has accused the Taliban of committing "war crimes" by referring to the reports of international organisations, including Amnesty International.

Expressing concern over the continuation of the humanitarian, security, and economic crisis in Afghanistan, the movement has urged the United Nations and the international community to take immediate action and, among other things, impose more sanctions against the Taliban.