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Kenya, others call for urgent Taliban reform amid humanitarian crisis

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Kenya, alongside other UN Security Council members such as India and the United Kingdom, say the Taliban must act quickly to implement promised reforms in order to save Afghanistan and its people.

Kenya joined other African countries, Tunisia and Niger, at a briefing on the situation in Afghanistan to ask for a robust security “architecture” to prevent the country from becoming an active terrorist cell.

However, the African group, also known as A3 Plus 1, which includes the Caribbean island of St Vincent and Grenadines, claims that the present issue in Afghanistan is a lack of food and other necessities for displaced people, as well as a government that has completely excluded women.

“We underscored the imperative for the full and meaningful participation of women in all aspects of Afghan life including at the grassroots and leadership levels,” said Mike Kiboino, Kenya’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN.

“[We] Called on the Taliban to immediately take steps to improve governance and form a truly inclusive government that reflects the interests of all major ethno-political diversity groups.”

The Taliban took power in August after the US and allied forces pulled out of Afghanistan after 20 years of propping up a civilian government, whose President fled the country before Taliban took over the capital Kabul.

But the UN Security Council’s members have debated on whether to engage the Taliban, a group sanctioned heavily by the Council itself as well as its permanent members like the US. Those penalties include barring humanitarian supplies in areas the Taliban used to control, as well as financial restrictions on its members. As the cold winter begins in Afghanistan, there has been questions on whether the Council could allow exemptions to those sanctions for humanitarian supplies.

India’s Permanent Representative TS Tirmurti told the briefing session there should be direct access for humanitarian suppliers without hindrance.

“Humanitarian assistance should be based on the principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence and disbursement of the aid should be non-discriminatory and accessible to all, irrespective of ethnicity, religion or political belief. 

“In particular, the assistance should reach the most vulnerable first – including women, children and minorities,” the Indian representative said.

Reuters

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