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Travel restrictions imposed by the United Nations on key Taliban leaders are most likely to continue for some more time in the near future as news reports emanating from Afghanistan suggests that regime there is unable to check atrocities on Afghan people, especially the women by curtailing their rights.
Apparently the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is undecided whether or not to renew travel exemptions for Taliban officials, which are due to expire this weekend.
Two of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia and China suggested renewing the travel exemption of 13 Taliban officials for another 90 days, however, the request was turned down by Britain, France, Albania, and Ireland, Khaama Press of Afghanistan reported citing Security Council diplomats.
Moreover, Ireland has also resisted a 30-day rollover, Ned Price tweeted late on Wednesday.
Notably, two Taliban education officials had their travel privileges cancelled because the Taliban restricted access of women and girls to education, even though 13 others had their travel ban waivers renewed earlier for at least two months, to expire on August 19, according to Khaama Press.
Earlier, the UN Security Council (UNSC) gave leaders of the Islamic Emirate exemptions to travel bans to facilitate their negotiations with the US despite its long-standing international travel ban on the Taliban leaders.
Since the Taliban seized power in Kabul last year, the human rights situation has been exacerbated by a nationwide economic, financial and humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale.
Acts of terror, killings, blasts and attacks have become a regular affair with unabated human rights violations involving ceaseless murder of civilians, destroying mosques and temples, assaulting women, and fueling terror in the region.
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