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Rights group urges UN to demand Taliban include women in talks about future
Voice of America
FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023. An NGO has urged the U.N. to demand the Taliban ensure full and equal participation of Afghan women in all discussions about Afghanistan's future.
As the United Nations and the Taliban prepare to discuss Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar, on June 30, a New York-based global women's rights advocacy nongovernmental organization has urged the U.N. to demand the Taliban ensure full and equal participation of Afghan women, peacebuilders and human rights defenders in all discussions about Afghanistan's future.
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