September 1, 2024
Taliban pledge international engagement as UN condemns moral law as ‘gender apartheid’
KABUL: A Taliban government spokesman said Afghan authorities had pledged to engage with the international community after a new morality law sparked tense exchanges over women’s rights. The United Nations and European Union have warned that the law — which requires women to be fully covered and not raise their voices in public — could hurt prospects for engagement with foreign nations and international organizations. Deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat was responding to comments by a spokesman for the UN secretary-general assuring continued engagement with Taliban authorities after Afghanistan’s ethics ministry said it would no longer cooperate with the UN


