“Under the Taliban, women and girls have largely been erased from public life,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Hibatullah said laws should be implemented based on the Islamic Sharia and that laws made by humans are not implementable.

Children and women are among the victims, health officials said, all those affected are from family.

EU special envoy Tomas Niklasson said that during the conference, the European Union explicitly stated that Afghanistan does not have.

Members of a displaced family from Balkhab said those arrested were civilians, including drivers, farmers and daily wagers.

Envoys from at least 20 countries and international organizations are attending the Tashkent conference to discuss Afghanistan.

The motive behind Alawodin Erkin’s arrest is not known yet and local journalists and officials are not commenting on the.

The conference will start on Monday where economic projects will be the main focus of discussions, reports say.

Relatives of the former military personnel said the Taliban has warned them against complaining on this matter.

UN says 122 instances of arbitrary arrest and detention of journalists and media workers happened in the last 10 months.