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Dominic Giannini

Australia spearheads action against Taliban violations

Penny Wong says the Taliban has demonstrated contempt for the human rights of women and girls. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia is pushing to hold the Taliban to account for its crackdown on freedoms for Afghan women since seizing control.

It joins Canada, Germany and the Netherlands in spearheading a challenge to the Taliban under an international convention on eliminating discrimination against women, to which Afghanistan is a party. 

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