Fundamentalists have tried to quell criticism with the release of journalists and indications of possible re-admission of girls to schools in the country

MADRID, April 7th. (EUROPEAN PRESS) –

The United States, European Union, Russia and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have joined forces in recent hours to condemn the Taliban’s veto on UN agency workers in the country, in what they see as a fresh attack. on women’s performance in the country’s public life after the ban on women’s education and international NGO employees.

“I am concerned about the new and disgraceful decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on his Twitter account.

The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has also expressed “deep shock” that the Taliban’s decision in Brussels has been issued and that he decried it as a new act of discrimination that “further aggravates the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan.” and is a violation of international human rights law”.

The Taliban’s veto, the German Foreign Ministry added, “puts millions of people in grave danger and openly violates human rights.” Britain’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Barbara Woodward, also argued that the “terrible” Taliban veto “will only increase the suffering of the Afghan people”.

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasili Nebenzia, also regretted the Taliban’s decision and explained that his country’s Security Council is this month trying to work on a “calm, useful and balanced” response to try to convince the Taliban that they are overturning your veto.

Finally, the OIC General Secretariat has also expressed concern about the prohibition and consequences of restrictions on Afghan women and girls, including restrictions on access to education, government assignments, and work in non-governmental organizations.

The Emirati representative, in particular, has advocated “promoting an integrated international approach that protects the basic rights of Afghan women and girls and guarantees their full involvement in all aspects of public life.”

ACT OF GRACE OF THE TALABIANS

In the past few hours, the fundamentalist movement has announced the resumption of broadcasting of a radio station run by women in Badajsán province, which was shut down last weekend after an operator accidentally played music during Ramadan, and announced the release of three journalists. detained in Baghlan province after criticizing the regime.

The Taliban’s provincial head of information and culture, Mustafa Hashemi, has assured Pahjwok’s office that the journalists were not detained at any point and they were only summoned on Thursday to testify due to a misunderstanding.

On the other hand, the same agency detailed the existence of a document from the Taliban Ministry of Education, which was leaked in the last few hours, which stipulates the school dress code for boys and girls in the country’s secondary schools, which could lead to a possible lifting of the ban on education for girls. .

In the latter case, the Ministry proposes admitting young women as long as they dress according to Islamic law and stipulates specifically that students from grade seven onwards wear the traditional headscarf, the headscarf, compulsorily.