The Taliban acting PM said that there is a need for Kabul and Islamabad to expand their relations in regional transit and other economic areas….reports Asian Lite News
Taliban acting Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir in a meeting with the charge d’affaires of the Pakistani embassy in Kabul, Obaid Rahman Nizamani, said that Afghanistan wants “good relations based on good intentions” with all its neighbours, Afghanistan based TOLO News reported.
The Taliban acting prime minister in the meeting said that there is a need for Kabul and Islamabad to expand their relations in regional transit and other economic areas. Nizamani said Pakistani officials have always expressed their positive views about the world’s interaction with the Taliban, the release of the frozen assets of Afghanistan, and the expansion of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
“Transit and facilitating visas, solutions for challenges in commute between Pakistan and Afghanistan borders, the condition of Afghan refugees, and other issues were discussed,” said Mohammad Hassan Haqyar, press director for the office of the political deputy PM.
This comes as the Taliban administrative deputy of the Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, in a meeting with the Islamic Emirate’s consulate in Karachi said that Afghanistan’s missions abroad should attempt to enhance relations with world countries.
Meanwhile, the Khaama Press recently reported that as the Taliban’s hardline administration continues to violate women’s rights in Afghanistan under its regime, several international organisations and human rights bodies have frequently expressed concern about the country’s gender-based policies.
Amnesty International has branded the imposition of tight restrictions as a “war against women” in Afghanistan, emphasising the importance of prosecuting violators.
Moreover, it has also recorded multiple incidences in Afghanistan under Taliban control, demonstrating gender-based and discriminatory tactics aimed at women in its most recent report.
Citing Amnesty, Khaama Press reported that Afghan women have been silenced and may soon vanish. The Taliban’s actions mirror the group’s discriminatory objectives, which strive to exclude women and girls from all sectors of public life.
As per the reports of Amnesty International, the harassment campaign of the Taliban to systematically repress Afghan women from the public sphere is a misogyny and the policy to remove women and girls from public life is ongoing throughout the country under the Taliban’s de facto regime.
Amnesty International’s findings also reveal that the Taliban’s strict restrictions on women and girls violate a number of international treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, reported Khaama Press.
Women in Afghanistan have been prohibited from working at NGOs for a long time now.
Several women and girls have repeatedly called out the de-facto authorities to provide them with work outside their houses, however, the Taliban has continued with its curbs on women in Afghanistan.
However, some women and girls have started working, such as by picking up trades or other commercial endeavours, in order to make money.
Since the Taliban regained power in August 2021 after the US exit from the country, women are not allowed to work in education with domestic and international organisations, in gyms, or in public spaces. (ANI)
