The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called on the United Nations to reconsider its engagement with the Taliban to compel the group to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
The commission urged the UN to support Afghanistan's democratic institutions instead of the "unelected" Taliban regime.
This body expressed concern over the UN's decision to engage with the Taliban in the third round of the Doha meetings.
On Friday, June 28, the Express Tribune reported that Munizae Jahangir, co-chairperson of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission, in a letter to the UN Security Council, requested a review of the UN's decision to engage with the Taliban.
Jahangir urged the UN to reconsider its decision to engage with the Taliban until they end gender apartheid in Afghanistan and commit to upholding human rights.
The official from the Pakistan Human Rights Commission stated that instead of moving towards legitimising the "unelected Taliban regime," the UN should support democratic elements in Afghanistan.
She declared that after the Taliban came to power and institutionalised policies of discrimination and violence against women in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban and extremist clerics in the country have been emboldened to violate women's rights.
