
UN highlights humanitarian and human rights crises in Afghanistan
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The United Nations General Assembly has voted to adopt a symbolic, non-binding resolution, introduced by Germany, highlighting the concern in Afghanistan over the worsening treatment of women and young girls. Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Chargé d'Affaires of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations told the assembly the country is experiencing one of the world's gravest humanitarian and human rights crises at the hands of the Taliban.