U.N. Security Council Politely Requests Taliban Respect Human Rights

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Monday – without support from Russia and China – requesting that Taliban terrorists respect human rights in Afghanistan.

The U.N. has not published the full text of the resolution at press time, but media organizations privy to the text have reported that it presents the Taliban with three main requests: to allow the United Nations and other groups “full, safe, and unhindered” access to Afghanistan; to not affiliate with other terrorists; and to respect human rights.

The text, according to France24, “reaffirms the importance” of human rights and, particularly, “full, equal and meaningful representation of women.”

The Taliban, which previously ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 – ousted by the U.S. invasion following the September 11, 2001, jihadist attacks on American soil – has a decades-long record of committing human rights atrocities, excusing them as necessary under its interpretation of sharia, or Islamic law. In the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of the country on August 15, Taliban spokesmen have insisted that they would respect human rights, allow girls to attend school, and permit women to participate in the workforce.

In reality, Taliban officials demanded all women stay home indefinitely, warned all Afghan civilians not to play music (expressing hope they will not need an official ban), and have reportedly been going around Kabul physically assaulting, and disappearing, people suspected to have worked with the United States.– READ MORE