Referring to the arbitrary detention of women by the Taliban, Stephane Dujarric, UN Secretary General Spokesperson, in a press conference said that these repressions push women towards more isolation.
Dujarric added that ethnic and religious minorities appear to be disproportionately impacted by the Taliban’s crackdown.
During the press conference on Monday, he stated that UNAMA is looking into the allegations of ill treatment and incommunicado detention of women.
Previously, on January 22, UNAMA reported that the Taliban detained women and girls, predominately from Hazara-dominated areas in Dashte Barchi in western Kabul, and some from the Khair Khana area of Kabul, where most residents are Tajiks.
This UN official added that the isolation of women provides the environment for men “to enforce repressive oppression at home”.
In 2022, the Taliban ordered women to wear loose and long black clothes, preferably a burqa. The group warned that if they do not comply with the hijab rule, they will be punished, and their relatives will be imprisoned.
Earlier, the UNAMA in Kabul called the arbitrary detention and violence against Afghan women humiliating and dangerous.
Meanwhile, according to information shared with Afghanistan International, the Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan, as well as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have initiated investigations to determine the reasons behind the Taliban's detention of the girls and the methods employed in the process.
