United Nations denies Travel to 15 Taliban officials to go abroad for negotiations on Monday.
Travel exemptions were extended for 13 Taliban officials for at least two months, but United Nations denies Travel for two education officials for the Taliban restricts girls’ and women’s access to schools.
According to an ambassador who spoke on the condition of obscurity, the officials who are now banned from travelling abroad are Said Ahmad Shaidkhel, the acting deputy education minister, and Abdul Baqi Basir Awal Shah, also known as Abdul Baqi Haqqani, the acting Minister of Higher Education.
Since grasping power in August, the Taliban have abrogated small earnings by Afghan women during the past two decades, limiting their access to education, government jobs and freedom of movement.
After difficult negotiations, the UN’s Taliban Sanctions Committee compromised on an extension for the 13 Taliban leaders for “60 days + 30 days,” diplomats told AFP.
Some countries were in favour of revoking all of the travel exemptions due to the deterioration of women’s rights, but others objected, according to diplomats.
Under the terms of the agreement, the exemption will automatically be extended for the 13 Taliban leaders in the third month “unless objected by any Council member,” a diplomatic source said.
