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Taliban investigates death threats against UN Afghan women

Taliban investigating death threats against United Nations' Afghan female staff, report says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are investigating explicit death threats against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations, according to a report published Sunday.
UN report says its female staff in Afghanistan have received death threats
The UN mission to the country said female national staff were subjected to direct death threats in May, in the latest update on the human rights situation in Afghanistan published on Sunday. The report says the Taliban told the UN mission that their cadres were not responsible for the threats, and an Interior Ministry investigation is under way.
Taliban investigates death threats against UN Afghan women: report
A new UN report is the first official confirmation of death threats against Afghan women working in the humanitarian sector.
UN says Taliban denies involvement in death threats against Afghan women who work for it
THE United Nations mission to Afghanistan said today that the Taliban is investigating death threats against Afghan women who work for the world body.Dozens of female staff received death threats in May for working with UN agencies.
Afghanistan's Taliban have 'weaponized' the judicial system to oppress women, UN expert says
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity,” the independent U.N. investigator on human rights in the country said.

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