UN urged not to engage with Taliban unconditionally

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UN urged not to engage with Taliban unconditionally​

Imran Gabol
June 29, 2024

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called on the United Nations Security Council and its member states to reconsider their decision to engage with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

This plea comes ahead of the third UN-convened meeting of Special Envoys and Special Representatives on Afghanistan (Doha III) on June 30 in Doha, Qatar.

In a letter addressed to the Security Council Secretariat Branch, HRCP co-chairperson Munizae Jahangir highlighted the escalating human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban rule with a particular focus on the severe oppression of women and religious minorities.

The letter emphasized that engagement with the Taliban regime should be conditional to their commitment to end gender apartheid and protect citizens’ fundamental human rights.

The HRCP’s concerns extend beyond Afghanistan’s borders, highlighting a disturbing rise in militancy and religious extremism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since the fall of Kabul in August 2021. This surge in violence is attributed to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is closely associated with and influenced by the Afghan Taliban regime.

“HRCP has observed with increasing alarm a rapid escalation in militancy and religious extremism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“The Afghan Taliban’s policy of institutionalised discrimination and violence against women in Afghanistan has emboldened the TTP and hardline clerics in Pakistan, leading to constant and egregious violations of women’s rights,” the letter states.

It included details of numerous incidents of violence and discrimination against women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including attacks on girl schools, bans on women visiting markets and public spaces and decrees prohibiting women from participating in national elections. One particularly harrowing case involved the killing of a young girl in Mansehra by a local Jirga for allegedly bringing ‘dishonor’ to her family.

The commission also noted the resurgence of violence in the Swat region, which had previously experienced a deadly TTP insurgency from 2007 to 2009. Since the TTP resurfaced in Swat in 2022, there have been increasing incidents of violence against women and girls, including a school van attack that echoed the 2012 attack on Malala Yousafzai.

The letter stressed the need for the international community to support democratic elements in Afghanistan, warning that the consequences of an undemocratic regime in Afghanistan could further destabilise Pakistan.

The HRCP joins other rights organizations in urging the international community to demand that the Afghan Taliban regime demonstrate its commitment to fundamental rights for women and religious minorities.

The letter called for the establishment of a stable, inclusive, and representative democracy in Afghanistan as the prerequisite for any engagement with the Taliban regime.

Published in Dawn, June 29th, 2024

 

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Afghan women’s rights an internal issue, Taliban govt says before UN-led talks​

AFP
June 29, 2024

A Taliban member watches as Afghan women hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in front of the former ministry of women affairs in Kabul. — AFP/File
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaMc238IiRov8okfYy3n
Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women’s rights were “Afghanistan’s issues” to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked an outcry.

The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the UN has described as “gender apartheid”, will send its first delegation to the third round of talks starting in Qatar on Sunday.

Civil society representatives, including from women’s rights groups, will attend meetings with the international envoys and UN officials on Tuesday, after the official talks.

Rights groups have condemned the exclusion of Afghan women from the main meetings and the lack of human rights issues on the agenda.

The Taliban authorities “acknowledge the issues about women”, government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference in Kabul on the eve of the latest talks.

“But these issues are Afghanistan’s issues,” said Mujahid, who will lead the delegation.
“We are working to find a logical path toward solutions inside Afghanistan so that, God forbid, our country doesn’t again fall into conflict and discord.”

He said the Taliban government would represent all of Afghanistan at the meetings and, given their authority, should be the only Afghans at the table.

 

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The talks were launched by the UN in May 2023 and aim to increase international coordination on engagement with the Taliban authorities, who ousted a Western-backed government when they swept to power.

The Taliban government has not been officially recognised by any state and the international community has wrestled with its approach to Afghanistan’s new rulers, with women’s rights issues a sticking point for many countries.

Taliban authorities were not invited to the first talks in Doha last year and refused to attend the second conference, demanding that they be the sole Afghan representatives to the exclusion of invited civil society groups.

 

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Afghan Taliban to attend third round of UN talks in Doha today​

Zabihullah Mujahid, head of Taliban delegation, says he will “seek understanding and resolve issues".

 

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[Lulldapull]

Is londay bazi also an internal issue? How about no schooling of kids? Is dat internal too? Or the biggest concern to da rest of us, your junky ass third world migrants flooding da neighborhood and western capitals?

We need to deport these lower caste afghani tribals ASAP.

Zero tolerance now for jahalat.

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

Who cares what the West says. Afghan Taliban are ruling Afghanistan.
Everybody should recognize that now.

 

[Lulldapull]

Who cares what the West says. Afghan Taliban are ruling Afghanistan.
Everybody should recognize that now.

Happy to recognize dem bro, so as long as they stay contained in their deobandi/ wahabbi/Salafi tribal heaven of Afghanistan.

If they wish for osama or mulla Omar or eternal jihad burqa within their country, No problems!

Apnay mullak ich raheen aur ye sub utthay he kareen. Don’t kill Pakistani soldiers nor undermine our national borders…..buss…..

I support dat full on!

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

Happy to recognize dem bro, so as long as they stay contained in their deobandi/ wahabbi/Salafi tribal heaven of Afghanistan.

If they wish for osama or mulla Omar or eternal jihad burqa within their country, No problems!

Apnay mullak ich raheen aur ye sub utthay he kareen. Don’t kill Pakistani soldiers nor undermine our national borders…..buss…..

I support dat full on!

And whats wrong with Salafis/Deobandis? I thought that is the mainstream interpretation of Sunni Islam.

We should be against heretics like Ismailis and Ahmadis/Qadiyanis.

 

[Lulldapull]

And whats wrong with Salafis/Deobandis? I thought that is the mainstream interpretation of Sunni Islam.

Hum say afghani ne control honay Iqbal bhai……our last hope was that Irani in ko kuttay di tarha pharr ke maarain aur insaan de putter banaien. So they stop killing our soldiers and people.

That hope is lost now! Afghani will never listen to us! And they don’t trust us anymore.

All we gotta do now is to talk to da irani’s to stop the sadqa they giving these afghani on humanitarian/islamic welfare. Petrol/ Diesel/ anaaj these irani’s are giving the talibunny is a serious issue now for us. Afghani eats a full stomach meal and then he suddenly gets keerra in his bhund to go about killing Pakistanis.

This is da real issue bro. Our gubment needs to tell Iran to stop da sadqa!

 

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Despite ‘policy differences’, Afghan Taliban seek global help​

Dawn
July 1, 2024

Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan Asif Durrani meets his US counterpart, Tom West, in Doha, on Sunday.—Courtesy X / @AsifDurrani20

KARACHI: The Taliban government has urged the world to lift the sanctions imposed on Afghanistan, even though the Kabul government fails to address global concerns over the grim situation of human rights and girls’ education in the country.

In his inaugural remarks at the Doha talks, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, who is leading the delegation attending the Doha talks, said the process of easing financial and trade sanctions has been “slow”, leading to several challenges for the Afghan government and the private sector.

Ahead of the talks on Sunday, the delegation also met with representatives from the UN, Russia, Pakistan, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan, according to the Afghan media and news agencies.

“Afghans … built a system aimed at fostering positive engagement with the world; however, in return, they faced sanctions and restrictions,” he said, while addressing the inaugural session of the two-day, UN-hosted meeting in Qatar.

Zabihullah skips mention of girls’ education, rights issues; meets envoys on sidelines of Doha talks

 

[شَاھِین شَاہِ لَولَاک]

And whats wrong with Salafis/Deobandis? I thought that is the mainstream interpretation of Sunni Islam.

We should be against heretics like Ismailis and Ahmadis/Qadiyanis.

although i myself not salafi/deobandi but i agree we should all unite against heretics especially the qadiyani cult which has been eating away Pakistan from inside like termites for decades.

 

[KingQamaR]

Like most of the middle east, it is spectacularly beautiful and could be a huge tourist attraction. People need to accept that it is a completely different culture to most of the rest of the world and respect it. Pakistani human right’s people need to mind their own business.