Afghanistan: US envoy claims 29 women & their families are detained by Taliban in Kabul

In Kabul, Afghanistan, 29 women and ir families have been detained by Taliban, a senior US official claimed on Saturday. As per reports of Guardian, se women were among 40 people apprehended on Friday, as per Rina Amiri, US special envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights. On Twitter, envoy stated that se unfair detentions must end, but Tweet was later deleted for unkwn reasons.

Last week, Rina Amiri stated in a Tweet that se arbitrary detentions have to end and that if Taliban are to gain legitimacy among Afghans and rest of world, y must respect Afghans' human rights, particularly women's rights, including freedom of expression. She n urged Taliban to release se women, ir families, and or activists immediately.

Taliban freed a group of journalists on Friday after outr

After an international outr over ir arrest, Taliban freed a group of journalists on Friday, which included two foreigners, according to Guardian. y also released an activist who h been missing since a women's rights march. Or female activists, some of whom were kidnapped in middle of night and are still being held captive, have t been released. Taliban police and interior ministry denied having anything to do with ir detention.

UN Secretary-General stated that he is concerned for safety of Afghanistan's missing female activists. On Thursday, António Guterres claimed on Twitter that a number of people have disappeared, some of whom have been missing for weeks. He furr stated that he implores Taliban to ensure ir safety so that y can return home.

Rights vocates label disappearances as a campaign of intimidation

After Taliban imposed laws that barred girls from secondary education and women from jobs outside health and education sectors, rights vocates labelled disappearances as a campaign of intimidation. Hear Barr, Human Rights Watch's associate director for women's rights, stated that every disappearance exposes one of Afghanistan's most serious problems today, which is a lack of law.

She furr said that this is t how a government acts and that it demonstrates ir callousness in thinking y can just take women and deny m, according to Guardian.

Im: AP