UN Security Council members urge Taliban to void bans on women

Since its takeover, the Taliban has squeezed women out of almost all areas of public life in Afghanistan [File: Wakil Kohsar/AFP]

Several members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have urged the Taliban to end its repressive treatment of women in Afghanistan, as the group continued to impose restrictive policies on their education and work.

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