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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Taliban Has Plunged Afghanistan into 'Dire' Conditions

Afghan women stand outside an amusement park, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday accusing the Taliban of violating the human rights of Afghan women and girls, failing to establish a representative government, and plunging the country into “dire economic, humanitarian and social conditions.”

The resolution also pointed to persistent violence in the country since the Taliban takeover 15 months ago and the presence of terrorist groups such as al-Qaida and the ISIS and their affiliates as well as the presence of “foreign terrorist fighters.”

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