UN Chief backs global calls to end discriminatory restrictions on women in Afghanistan

The UN Secretary-General has announced his support for calls from countries and organizations to lift the Taliban’s discriminatory restrictions against women immediately.

António Guterres condemned what is happening in Afghanistan and said that it is not acceptable.

Guterres also said, “I join all countries & organizations demanding that the de facto authorities remove all discriminatory restrictions against women & girls immediately.”

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