Ireland’s Deputy PM: Torture, Executions and Disappearances Now Daily Reality in Afghanistan

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Simon Harris, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, said that with the return of this group to power, the human rights situation in Afghanistan has worsened, with women, girls, and minorities suffering the most.

On Friday, August 15, in a statement, he emphasized that Afghan women and girls are suffering severely and have been forced to live behind closed doors. According to him, they have lost their basic rights to education, work, freedom of movement, and access to services.

Harris added that extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, torture, and arbitrary arrests have become daily threats for the people of Afghanistan.

He also, referring to the Taliban’s conduct, said that this group operates without legitimacy, imposes a system of gender oppression, and silences the voices of dissent and independent media.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland called on the international community not to normalize relations with the Taliban’s “violent and authoritarian” regime.

He noted that Ireland has provided four million euros in humanitarian aid to the United Nations to assist needy people inside Afghanistan and Afghan refugees in the region.