Human rights groups call on UN to establish dedicated accountability mechanism in Afghanistan

Human rights groups on Friday, 9th of September, called on the United Nations for stronger accountability in Afghanistan.

In an open letter to the UN, they called for the establishment of a dedicated accountability mechanism by the Human Rights Council (HRC), alongside the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, reported Tolo News.

This comes as the Taliban has repeatedly denied the reports of the violations of human rights, and called them baseless, reported Tolo News.

Since the Taliban seized power in Kabul last year, the human rights situation has been exacerbated by a nationwide economic, financial and humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale.

In a new survey conducted by global research foundation Gallup ranks Afghanistan the unhappiest country in the world. Gallup said that no nation had a feeling of sadness and poverty like the Afghans.