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Associated Press
Edith M. Lederer
United Nations (AP) — The divided UN Security Council has issued travel exemptions for the 13 Taliban officials it now controls. was in a hurry to reach an agreement on whether to extend the Afghanistan set to expire at midnight Friday.
Diplomats say Russia and China want to allow all 13 of her to continue traveling, but the United States and Western nations say the Taliban have set back women's rights and, as promised, They are determined to cut their numbers in protest of their failure to form an inclusive government.
Dozens of Taliban members have been blacklisted by UN sanctions for years, subject to travel bans, asset freezes and arms embargoes. However, some Taliban officials were granted exemptions so they could travel to attend talks aimed at restoring peace and stability to Afghanistan.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15 last year, the United States and her NATO forces are in the final stages of her disorderly withdrawal from Afghanistan 20 years later. , as many as 700 people were killed. The United Nations Political Mission in Afghanistan reported last month that 1,400 people were injured despite an overall improvement in security. It highlights how many women are deprived of their human rights, excluded from secondary education and restricted in their mobility.
In June the Security Council committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban banned two senior Taliban officials from traveling in response to the crackdown on women. Known as Abdul Baki Haqqani, Acting Minister of Higher Education.
With the expiry of travel exemptions for her remaining 13 Taliban officials looming, the United States on Thursday reimposed a travel ban on seven of them, suggested keeping her six exemptions for the rest. But their trip is limited to Qatar, where talks between the United States and the Taliban took place, said a diplomat from the council, who asked not to be named because the discussions were private.
Russia and China have made rival offers to grant all 13 Taliban officials her 90-day travel exemption, but Russia, China, Qatar, and "regional countries" the diplomat said.
According to diplomats, Russia and China opposed the US offer, while Britain, France and Ireland opposed Russia and China's offer. Lack of progress on meeting commitments on women, forming inclusive governments, and on other issues.
On Friday afternoon, the United States said it would ban travel for seven of her Taliban officials and maintain travel exemptions for six others for her 90 days without geographic restrictions. The diplomat said he had revised the proposal.
The travel ban will be reimposed on all 13 Taliban officials unless the 15 council members reach an agreement by midnight Friday.
