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Reuters
Reuters
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By Michelle Nichols

U.S. calls for U.N. to urge Taliban to reverse bans on women

FILE PHOTO: An Afghan female student stands in front of the entrance gate of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

The United States on Friday pushed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on women working for aid groups or attending universities and high school, diplomats said.

The 15-member council met privately on Friday - at the request of the United Arab Emirates and Japan - to discuss the decisions by the Islamist Taliban-led administration, which seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021.

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