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UN agencies said there are reports of human rights abuse in Afghanistan and urged Taliban to make promises to protect vulnerable civilians, at a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.

“There have been chilling reports of human rights abuses and of restrictions on the rights of individuals, especially women and girls in some parts of the country, captured over the past few weeks. Such reports continue to be received. Unfortunately for the time being the flow of information has been considerably disrupted and we’ve not been in a position to verify the most recent allegations,” said Rupert Colville, spokesperson of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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SOT, Rupert Colville, OHCHR Spokesperson: “There have been chilling reports of human rights abuses and of restrictions on the rights of individuals, especially women and girls in some parts of the country, captured over the past few weeks. Such reports continue to be received. Unfortunately for the time being the flow of information has been considerably disrupted and we’ve not been in a position to verify the most recent allegations.”

SOT, Mustapha Ben Messaoud, UNICEF Chief of field operations and emergency in Afghanistan:

“And in Kandahar, I have seen the direct impacts of this recent flare in fighting and that impact is severely malnourished children I have seen injured in such a way, that it’s difficult to describe, young children, as young as 10 months.”

SOT, Mustapha Ben Messaoud, UNICEF Chief of field operations and emergency in Afghanistan: “The situation here in Kabul is improving but we’ve seen and went to an IDP camp, started the work there - a mobile health team, but as mentioned by the colleague from WHO – it’s stopped over the last few days and there is great need there that we need to attend to.”

SOT, Shabia Mantoo, UNHCR Spokesperson: “In the wake of the rapid deterioration and the security and human rights situation in large parts of the country and the unfolding humanitarian emergency, UNHCR calls on States to halt possible returns of Afghan nationals who have previously been determined not to be in need of international protection.”

SOT, Shabia Mantoo, UNHCR Spokesperson: “Out of the hundreds of thousands of people that have been displaced, we have now 550,000 people displaced within the country, so they are still within Afghanistan. In recent weeks, the majority of those have fled in recent weeks and 80 per cent of those that are newly displaced are women and children.”

SOT, Tarik Jasarevic, WHO Spokesperson: “Ongoing conflict is having a heavy toll on the already fragile health system in Afghanistan, it has been facing a shortage of essential medical supplies and equipment in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Needs assessment and service delivery by mobile health teams is on hold for the past 24 hours and that’s due to security and the unpredictable situation in Kabul.”

SOT, Mustapha Ben Messaoud, UNICEF Chief of field operations and emergency in Afghanistan: “The stand of the Taliban is more or less the same but we’ve seen small differences, especially in terms of girls’ education. There are areas, part of the country, where they told us that they are waiting for guidance from their leadership, religious and political. In other places, they actually said that they want to see girls’ education and school up and running.”

SOT, Rheal Leblanc, UNOG Spokesperson: “Regarding national staff and we are extremely grateful to the important work they have done for the United Nations and its bodies and entities over numerous years. And it’s clear that the Taliban and other authorities have the responsibility to protect and ensure the safety of UN staff whether they be national or international and to do whatever they can to ensure their safety.”

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