Dozens of Civil Organizations: UNAMA's "Comprehensive Approach" Plan Provides Legitimacy to the Taliban

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Dozens of civil organizations and groups advocating for women's rights and social activists have expressed concern over and strongly criticized the "Comprehensive Approach for Afghanistan" plan by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a joint statement.

The statement says that this plan is contrary to the impartial and humanitarian mission of the United Nations and provides a platform for legitimizing the Taliban.

54 civil organizations have warned that the participation of the Taliban in this plan undermines the principles of democracy and human rights and eliminates the true voice of the people, especially women.

The signatories of this statement emphasized that the "mosaic approach" in the UNAMA plan reduces human rights to negotiable issues and considers this approach contradictory to the universal principles of human rights.

Furthermore, these organizations have called the instrumental use of humanitarian aid for political purposes unacceptable and stated that such an action undermines the principle of neutrality in humanitarian aid.

The signatories have warned that the UNAMA plan paves the way for the Taliban's return to the international system without any fundamental changes in their behavior or structure.

They have called for the immediate suspension of this process, a fundamental review of the plan with the involvement of true representatives of the Afghan people, non-recognition of the Taliban, and a return of UNAMA to its human rights-centered and impartial mission.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) had previously prepared a roadmap titled "Comprehensive Approach for Afghanistan" on February 17, 2025. According to UNAMA, this roadmap aims to create a political path for achieving peace and reintegrating Afghanistan into the global community.

UNAMA has clarified that this plan was developed based on the United Nations' independent assessments and with the approval of Security Council Resolution 2721.

Despite this, some women’s rights activists have emphasized that this approach, instead of supporting the rights of the people of Afghanistan, paves the way for legitimizing the Taliban.