KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban-led government has dismissed a Human Rights Watch (HRW) study that raised alarm over violations of human rights, particularly those of women and girls, in the war-torn country.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government, claimed in a statement on Friday that residents are being treated with better human rights than at any other time in the country's history, according to media reports.

"The Islamic Emirate requests that the UN and human rights organisations ignore the lies. They must think about and accept the country's truth. In comparison to the previous 20 years in Afghanistan, human rights are protected," he said, adding that the HRW study was "incorrect and false." 

Mujahid's comments come a day after Human Rights Watch released a study calling for an end to the IEA's exemption on travel bans.

Heather Barr, Associate Director of the HRW's Women's Rights Division, was quoted in the report as saying, "Human Rights Watch has issued a new statement today calling for some specific action by the UN Security Council in response to the rising level of abuses by the Taliban against women and girls in Afghanistan."

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