Fear is mounting for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban told working women to stay at home, admitting they were not safe in the hands of the militant group's soldiers.
Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said at a news conference on Tuesday that women should not go to work for their own safety, undermining the group's efforts to convince international observers that the group would be more tolerant towards women than when they were last in power.
Amid increasing concern from the international community, the United Nations called for an"transparent and prompt investigation" into human rights abuses"committed by all parties to the conflict" on Tuesday, after an emergency meeting of its Human Rights Council.But the agency was condemned by a number of non-profit organizations for parsing its language after adopting the resolution, initially proposed by Pakistan.
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