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2022-09-16 Afghanistan
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UN accuses Taliban of harassing its female staff in Afghanistan
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Unexpectedly. [israelTimes] Demanding security assurances, mission to country cites recent incident in which 3 Afghan staff members were detained for questioning; Kabul authorities reject claim
The United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
mission in Afghanistan has accused the Taliban
 ...mindless ferocity in a turban...
authorities of intimidating and harassing its female staff working in the country, including detaining three women for questioning on Monday.
Since the Taliban seized power in August last year, they have imposed harsh restrictions on girls and women to comply with their austere vision of Islam — effectively squeezing females out of public life.
"There has been an emerging pattern of harassment of Afghan UN female staff by the de facto authorities," the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement.
Citing an example, UNAMA said three Afghan women working for the organization were "singled out and temporarily detained for questioning" by armed security agents of the authorities on Monday.
It did not offer further details about the incident.
"The UN calls for an immediate end to all such acts of intimidation and harassment targeting its Afghan female staff," UNAMA said, insisting the authorities provide guarantees for the security of all UN personnel in Afghanistan.
Government front man Bilal Karimi rejected the UN’s accusation.
"The information released by UNAMA is not true... nobody were tossed into the calaboose," Karimi said in a statement to journalists.
"There was a gathering of women in Kandahar, and when the women were asked for an explanation, it was found that they were UN employees, after which they were released."
Karimi did not say what the gathering was about or how many women attended it. 
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