In a UN Security Council briefing on Wednesday, Kamboj highlighted three key observations regarding the situation in Afghanistan while drawing upon India’s historical and civilisational ties with Afghan people.
In a significant contribution to Afghanistan which is grappling with a serious humanitarian crisis, India has sent an unprecedented 47,500 metric tons of wheat since the Taliban takeover, Khaama Press reported.
The Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in its latest findings revealed that more than 200 cases of violence and arrests involving journalists were recorded in the country.
Earlier, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a new report that since the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021, the U.S. has appropriated over $2.35 billion
More than 80 per cent of the female journalists in Afghanistan have been forced to halt their work since the Taliban takeover, Khaama Press reported citing a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
In the report, HRW said that Afghan women have been denied the right to education, employment, and social involvement since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
The report also notes that there was evidence that several global terrorist entities are using the TTP as cover to evade restrictions of the Afghan Taliban, adding that greater restrictions over such groups could push them to join Islamic State of Khorasan (ISKP).
The UNAMA report highlighted that between the Taliban takeover on August 15 2021 and May 30 2023, UNAMA recorded 3,774 civilian casualties (1,095 killed, 2,679 wounded), among them 233 women (92 killed, 141wounded) and 866 children (287 killed, 579 wounded), as per Khaama Press.
However, his remarks have come at a time when women are banned from public life, and their work and education are severely curtailed ever since the Taliban takeover.
The recent regime change in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021 has not only affected the economy and also the welfare of the Afghan people, the World Bank said in its recent report of "Women, Business and the Law 2023," according to TOLOnews.
Since the Taliban seized control of Kabul on August 15, 2021, there have been a substantial number of terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. In addition, 138 per cent more people were killed in attacks in Pakistan between August 2021 and April 2023.