Women’s protest movements have condemned “any meeting and engagement with the Taliban”, specifically referencing the upcoming Doha meeting.
The protestors’ statement precedes a two-day UN-hosted Doha meeting of special envoys from various countries on Afghanistan, scheduled for the end of this month.
In a resolution, the movements labeled the Doha meeting as “unholy and hopeless for the people of Afghanistan.” They urged the international community to hold the Taliban accountable for “its treatment of the women and people of Afghanistan.”
“All international conventions and statements about human rights have been violated by the Taliban,” the statement read.
The resolution also emphasized that the Afghan people reject any meeting that whitewashes the Taliban and consider those who convene such meetings as complicit in the suffering of the Afghan people.
The movements called on the international community to support the people of Afghanistan directly, rather than engaging with the Taliban.
