The UN has banned the travel of two top Taliban officials responsible for education issues, in response to the growing reductions in women’s rights by the Afghan regime, which regrets Tuesday’s decision.
According to diplomatic sources, the UN decided on Monday night to extend the exemption from the international travel ban by at least two months, which has aggravated 15 Afghan officials. This benefit is renewed every three months to allow Islamic leaders to meet with officials from other countries abroad.
This time, however, the UN removed Said Ahmed Shaidkhel, deputy minister of education, and Abdul Baki Basir Awal Shah, known as Baki Hakkani, minister of higher education.
In response to restrictions placed on Afghan women to study or work since the Taliban came back to power last August, none of them will currently be able to travel abroad.
A Taliban official on Tuesday criticized the UN resolution as “simple and unfair”.
“This kind of decision only makes the situation more critical,” said Hibatullah Ahundzada, Deputy Minister of Higher Education.
Islamic fundamentalists have constrained the progress Afghan women have made over the past two decades by restricting their access to education, government positions, and freedom of movement.
In March, Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Ahundzada ordered the closure of girls’ high schools hours after they opened for the first time since the group took power, a decision that sparked international criticism.
source: Noticias
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