Human rights groups on Friday, 9th of September, called on the United Nations for stronger accountability in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This comes as the Taliban has repeatedly denied the reports of the violations of human rights, and called them baseless, reported Tolo News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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