According to a report published on Sunday, the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan are investigating open threats for dozens of women working for the United Nations.
In December 2022, the Taliban prevented Afghan women from working in foreign and foreign non -governmental organizations. Six months later, he extended the ban in the United Nations and threatened agencies and organizations that still hire women.
Rescue agencies say the Taliban intervened or intervened in its work, but Taliban officials dismissed the allegations.
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The United Nations Mission, in its latest report on human rights status in Afghanistan, said that dozens of local women workers were threatened with open deaths in May.
According to the report, unknown individuals launched these threats due to the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) and other agencies, funds and programs, “due to interim measures for the safety of the United Nations.”
The Taliban told the United Nations Mission that their workers were not responsible for the dangers, the report states. According to the report, the Interior Ministry is investigating the case.
Afghan officials, including the internal ministry, did not immediately respond to the remarks or investigation requests.
The United Nations report is the first formal confirmation of death threats for Afghan women working with support organizations.
Afghan students pass through a private university in Kabul on December 21, 2022 (AFP)
The report also highlighted the personal freedom and other aspects of safety of women. In Herat province, inspectors of the Ministry of Amar -L -L -Mam and Nahi -Yul -Mankar started ordering women to wear a sheet.
Dozens of women who did not do so were prevented from entering markets or using public transport.
The report said that many women were detained until their relatives bring a sheet to them. In Zegan, women were arrested for taking a scarf instead of a burqa.
Women were also prevented from reaching public places under laws that prevent them from visiting such places.
In Ghor province, the police forcibly removed several families from the entertainment area, while the police warned the families to go to the entertainment places with women.
In Herat, the Ministry of Ministry of Amr -Nahn Al -Munkar prevented family groups from opening entertainment places including women and girls.
Burka posh Afghan women pass through a road in Faizabad district of Badakhshan province on 15 July 2024 (Omar Abrar / AFP)
He only allowed groups to go there with men only.
No immediate comments were received from any officials of the Ministry of AMR -MUL -MAMAM and Nahi -Munkar, the events in Harat and Jan, which the United Nations said in May.
In Kandahar, the public health sector directed women medical activists to bring male guardian to work, which should have an identity card that proves that she has a bloody relationship with the woman or she is the woman’s husband.
It is not yet clear whether the card is specific to Kandahar or will be applied throughout Afghanistan.
According to a United Nations report, the process of application for Muharram (male guardian) identity card is slow and it can take several weeks as it has to confirm the department of Amar Al -Mam and Nahhi al -Mankar and a local community (eg country, Imam or village).
