Volker Turk calls on Taliban to revoke policies targeting women, girls

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk has called on the Taliban to revoke immediately a raft of policies that target the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.

In a statement, he said no country can develop socially and economically with half its population excluded.

He said these unfathomable restrictions placed on women and girls will increase the suffering of all Afghans.

Source: Radio Pakistan