UN expert urges no Taliban ties without rights progress
At the UN Human Rights Council, Islamabad’s envoy cited over 4,700 Pakistani deaths from Afghanistan-linked attacks as a UN rapporteur pressed against normalising Taliban rule without rights gains.
Pakistan’s UN envoy said more than 4,700 Pakistanis had been killed in terrorist attacks originating from Afghanistan over three years.
Muhammad Jawad Ajmal told the UN Human Rights Council the Taliban still allow terror groups to operate from Afghan soil.
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said the Taliban have deepened rights abuses five years after taking power, especially against women and girls.
Bennett urged states not to normalise ties with the Taliban until oppressive policies are reversed.
Pakistan linked the rights crisis to disregard for international obligations and pointed to the OIC’s Islamabad Declaration on women and girls.