Visiting Kabul. Afghan women appeal to Pakistani minister for support

A group of Afghan women activists has urged a Pakistani state minister in visit Kabul on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations with the Taliban not to abandon them.

The visit by Hanna Rabbani Khar, Pakistan’s prime foreign minister in 2011, comes weeks after the Taliban imposed new restrictions on Afghan women, barring them from entering public parks, amusement parks, gyms and public toilets.

On Friday, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan’s Richard Bennett said the Taliban’s treatment of women and girls could constitute a “crime against humanity”.

“open letter”

“You are an example of the situation of women in our neighboring country,” she wrote in an open letter to Khar the Afghan Women’s Network, which represents different groups of feminist activists.

“We ask you to use your visit not only as a minister but also as a Muslim woman and leader to support Afghan women and strengthen our solidarity,” she added.

Interestingly, relations between Pakistan and the Taliban are complex, with Islamabad accused of supporting the militants. Pakistan has more than one million Afghan refugees on its territory.

The porous border between the two countries has also been home to many armed groups and a source of escalating tensions since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul.

Pakistan accuses the Afghan Taliban of allowing the Pakistani Taliban to plan attacks from its soil, which Kabul consistently denies.

Interestingly, since the Taliban took over the government in the country in August last year (2021), the hardline movement has enforced its tough laws in the country, and in particularly to women.

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