UN Concerned About Afghan Women's Rights Under Taliban

The terrorist group has "repeated the same statement that women's rights would be respected within the framework of Islam," said Alison Davidian, a representative for UN Women in Afghanistan.

The Taliban is already neglecting its promise to respect Afghan women's rights, a United Nations official based in Kabul said Wednesday.  The terrorist group has "repeated the same statement that women's rights would be respected within the framework of Islam," said Alison Davidian, a representative for UN Women in Afghanistan. "But every day we were receiving reports of rollbacks on women's rights." For example, "women are prohibited from leaving the house without a mahram," or male family member, Davidian said during a video conference with journalists in New York.  "In some provinces they (are) stopped from going to work," she said.