The Taliban authorities just isn’t formally recognised by any nation or world physique. (File)
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Safety Council’s plan for a particular envoy to advertise gender and human rights within the nation as “pointless”.
The Taliban authorities just isn’t formally recognised by any nation or world physique, and the United Nations refers back to the administration because the “Taliban de facto authorities”.
Many are torn over participating with Kabul’s rulers in a bid to roll again their controls on girls and women, or freezing them out till they make concessions resembling reopening academic alternatives for females.
On Friday, the United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) adopted a decision calling for the appointment of a particular envoy for Afghanistan to extend engagement with the nation and its Taliban leaders.
However overseas ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi mentioned a brand new envoy “is pointless as Afghanistan just isn’t a battle zone and is dominated by a central authorities that is ready to safe its nationwide pursuits”.
In a put up on social media website X, he mentioned the Taliban authorities welcomes “extra sturdy and enhanced engagement” with the UN, however particular envoys “have difficult conditions additional by way of imposition of exterior options”.
“The strategy of the federal government of Afghanistan will in the end be guided by the unaltered non secular beliefs, cultural values and nationwide pursuits of the folks of Afghanistan,” he mentioned on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
Because the Taliban surged again to energy in August 2021, Kabul’s new rulers have insisted on their proper to impose harsh social controls in accordance with their austere interpretation of Islam.
They’ve rejected appeals to obey worldwide legislation as undue meddling of their home affairs.
Teenage women have been banned from attending most secondary faculties and ladies from universities, prompting international outrage and protests in some Afghan cities.
Late in 2022, girls had been prohibited from coming into parks, funfairs, gyms and public baths.
The UN decision adopted an impartial evaluation report issued in November calling for larger engagement with Afghanistan.
It was adopted after 13 members of the Safety Council voted in favour, whereas Russia and China abstained.
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