Guterres: Violations of Afghan women’s rights committed by Taliban terrorists raise fear

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said that violations of Afghan women’s rights committed by Taliban terrorists “raise terror”.
“I am very concerned by preliminary information that the Taliban are imposing severe restrictions on human rights in the areas they control,” Guterres told reporters.
“It is terrifying and especially painful to see Afghan girls and women being deprived of rights that they gained after hard work,” he added.
Taliban advanced to the outskirts of Kabul on Friday, after taking control of about half of the Afghan provincial capitals in just eight days.
Guterres said that about 241,000 people had to flee the Taliban’s rapid advance, describing what Afghanistan is currently witnessing as an “unimaginable tragedy.”
“Just in the last month, more than a thousand people have been killed or injured” in attacks on civilians, Guterres said.
He considered that “carrying out attacks on civilians constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law and is a war crime,” calling for those who commit such acts to be held accountable.