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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UN urged to impose travel ban on Taliban leadership over oppression of women

Woman in burka in urban street
A woman walks by an official banner telling women to wear face veils in Kandahar. Photograph: EPA

Human rights groups are urging the UN to end a Trump-era waiver that allows Taliban members most responsible for the oppression of women in Afghanistan to travel abroad.

In a test for the international community’s willingness to isolate the Taliban, critics argue that those Taliban members curtailing women’s right to leave their homes within Afghanistan should at minimum be banned from leaving their country.

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