UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
- U.N. Special envoy Roza Otunbayeva defended excluding Afghan women from an upcoming meeting, ensuring women's rights will still be addressed.
- Human Rights Watch Director Tirana Hassan criticized the U.N. For not involving Afghan women in the meeting due to the Taliban's repression of women and girls.
- Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard warned the meeting's credibility will suffer if it does not address Afghanistan's human rights crisis and include women human rights defenders.
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UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22


UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan is defending the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries.
UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women’s rights are certain to be raised. U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva was pummeled with questions Friday from journalists about criticism from human rights organizations at the omission of Afghan women from the meeting in…
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