U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric defended the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, and its head Roza Otunbayeva, who said that the new laws provided a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023.The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission after it criticized them.
She said last week the laws extend the “ already intolerable restrictions ” on the rights of women and girls, with “even the sound of a female voice” outside the home apparently deemed a moral violation. The ministry called on international organizations, countries and individuals to respect the religious values of Muslims. It announced on Friday that it will no longer cooperate with UNAMA because of its criticism of the laws.
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