Taliban block UN human rights investigator from visiting Afghanistan  

Kabul — Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban leaders have barred the United Nations-appointed special rapporteur on human rights, Richard Bennett, from entering the country for allegedly “spreading propaganda.” Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid disclosed the decision to Afghan broadcaster TOLO News late Tuesday. He accused the U.N. envoy of misrepresenting "the ground realities" in the country and providing "misleading" information to the global community. Bennett reports to the U.N. Human...