Taliban bars UN human rights special rapporteur from Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, attends a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed special rapporteur Richard Bennett from entering Afghanistan, the administration's spokesperson told local broadcaster Tolo, accusing the human rights watchdog of "spreading propaganda".

Bennett was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2022 to monitor Afghanistan's human rights situation after the Taliban took over the previous year.