UNO: The UNSC on Tuesday condemned the Taliban-led government's ban on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid organizations and called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan.

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan last year, women's rights have suffered several setbacks. On Saturday, the country's hardline Islamic leaders barred women from working for NGOs, sparking a worldwide outcry.

Both secondary education for girls and higher education for women have already been stopped by the Taliban.

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In a statement adopted unanimously, the 15-member UN Security Council expressed its "deep alarm" at the growing barriers to women's education and called for the "full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan".

According to the statement, the Taliban were urged to "reopen schools and swiftly reverse these policies and practices, which represent a continued erosion of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms."

In its statement, the council also criticized a ban on women working for NGOs, adding to warnings about negative effects on aid operations in a nation where millions of people depend on them.

He said both the Taliban's promises to the Afghan people and the expectations of the international community violated these sanctions.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Twitter on Tuesday that the sanctions "must be repealed" because they constitute unjustified violations of human rights. "The silencing of women and girls has caused great suffering and dealt a severe blow to the capabilities of the Afghan people," she said.

As the Security Council discussed Afghanistan in New York last week, the ban on women attending universities was made public. Since March, girls have been barred from attending high school.

The council declared that Saturday's ban on female aid workers "will have significant and immediate implications for humanitarian work in the country, including for the United Nations".

The Security Council also stated that it fully supports UNAMA, the United Nations political mission in Afghanistan, and that "these sanctions are contrary to the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people as well as the expectations of the international community". "

Four important international aid organizations announced on Sunday that they were suspending their operations because they are unable to manage their programs without female staff. Millions of Afghans have benefited from the humanitarian efforts of these organizations.

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According to UN aid chief Martin Griffiths, 97 percent of Afghans live in poverty, two-thirds of the population require aid to survive, 20 million people suffer from severe hunger, and 1.1 million teenage girls are out of school. . have stopped. Security Council last week

The Islamic takeover of the Taliban took place in August last year. When he was last in power twenty years ago, he largely banned girls' education, but he claims his policies have changed since then. The Taliban-led government is not recognized internationally.