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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

UN body to hold urgent debate on Afghan women, girls' rights

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The U.N.'s top human rights body is to hold an urgent debate next week to discuss the erosion of rights of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover nearly a year ago.

Human Rights Council spokesman Rolando Gomez said Friday that the Geneva-based rights body was expected hold the debate on July 1 as part of its ongoing summer session, following a request for the discussion by the European Union and France.

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