{"id":2029090,"date":"2023-09-12T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-human-rights-in-state-of-collapse-two-years-after-bidens-bungled-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:37:03","slug":"afghan-human-rights-in-state-of-collapse-two-years-after-bidens-bungled-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-human-rights-in-state-of-collapse-two-years-after-bidens-bungled-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Human Rights in Crisis After Biden&#8217;s Failed Withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghan-human-rights-in-state-of-collapse-two-years-after-bidens-bungled-withdrawal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Taliban fighters in Kabul,\u2062 Afghanistan, in 2021 \u2063(Getty Images)<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>The \u200cShocking Oppression of \u2062Women and Girls by the Taliban<\/h3>\n<p>The U.N. rights chief accused <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Afghan<\/span>istan&#8217;s ruling Taliban on Tuesday of a &#8220;shocking level of \u200boppression&#8221; of <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span> and girls \u200dand said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">human rights<\/a> in the country were in a \u2062state \u2063of collapse.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064Islamist Taliban \u200dregained power in \u2064August 2021 after a two-decade insurgency against the Western-backed government and have deeply restricted the \u200drights and freedoms of <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span> and girls \u2064through\u2062 bans on education and work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Human rights in\u2062 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Afghan<\/span>istan are in a state of collapse, acutely affecting the lives of millions of <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span>, men, girls and boys,&#8221; U.N. High Commissioner \u2063for \u2063Human Rights \u200bVolker \u200dTurk \u200btold the \u2064Human Rights Council \u200bin Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The shocking level of\u2062 oppression\u2063 of \u200d <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Afghan<\/span> <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span> and girls is immeasurably \u200ccruel,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban \u2064seized power in August\u200d 2021, following \u200dthe Biden administration&#8217;s disastrous withdrawal from the country. Amid the pullout, 13 U.S. service members were killed in an \u2064ISIS suicide-bombing, and the United\u200d States killed 10 \u200bcivilians \u200bin Kabul in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-week-ended-with-two-hours-of-bad-news\/\" title=\"Joe Biden\u2019s Week Ended With Two Hours Of Bad News\">botched drone strike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken on \u200cTuesday\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/us-news\/2023\/08\/15\/blinken-defends-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-and-pledges-more-support\/\">defended<\/a> the administration&#8217;s \u200b&#8221;incredibly difficult&#8221; decision to withdraw, \u2064saying the White\u2063 House\u2063 would work to \u200chold \u2063the Taliban accountable for women&#8217;s and girls&#8217;\u200c rights.<\/p>\n<p>A Taliban spokesperson was not immediately available for comment. The Taliban say they respect \u2063 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span>&#8216;s rights in line \u200cwith their\u200c interpretation\u2062 of Islamic law and local\u2062 custom.<\/p>\n<p>Turk&#8217;s speech \u200bcoincides with the publication of a U.N. report covering the \u2064period March 2022-Aug 2023 which notes a &#8220;systematic regression of the \u2064rule\u200c of law and human rights in <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Afghan<\/span>istan, particularly with regard\u2063 to \u2063the \u2063rights of <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span> and girls&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It documents various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-human-rights-in-state-of-collapse-two-years-after-bidens-bungled-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Afghan Human Rights in Crisis After Biden's Failed Withdrawal\">alleged violations \u200bincluding 324 cases<\/a> of violence against <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span> and girls including murders\u2014or so-called &#8220;honour killings&#8221;\u2014as well as beatings and child marriages.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not give a comparison with the pre-Taliban period under\u200d U.S.-backed President\u200d Ashraf Ghani, but such abuses have\u2062 not been uncommon in <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Afghan<\/span>istan&#8217;s recent history.<\/p>\n<p>It also said it had frequently documented instances \u200cof <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">women<\/span> being harassed or beaten at checkpoints by Taliban authorities\u2063 for not\u200c wearing the hijab (hair covering) correctly or\u200c sent \u200chome \u200dfrom\u2062 the market for lacking a male &#8220;mahram&#8221; \u2064(guardian).<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 47-member Human\u200b Rights Council agreed in 2021 to appoint a U.N. independent expert to examine rights\u200c violations in \u2063 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Afghan<\/span>istan and the European Union hopes to renew the\u2062 mandate at the ongoing session in Geneva that runs through to Oct.\u2062 13.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Emma Farge; editing by Mark Heinrich)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.N. rights chief condemned the Taliban&#8217;s &#8220;shocking oppression&#8221; of women and girls in Kabul. Human rights in Afghanistan are collapsing as the Islamist group regained power in August 2021, ending a two-decade insurgency against the Western-backed government. 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