Human Rights Watch urges Taliban to release detained UN, NGO staff


FILE PHOTO: Taliban soldiers stand guard on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

KABUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) - ⁠Human Rights Watch called for the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers ⁠in Afghanistan following a string of Taliban detentions in recent weeks.

HRW said on Wednesday ‌that six male staff working with the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) had been "forcibly disappeared" from the NGO's Kabul office last month. The NGO has been involved in aid programmes and advocacy on women's and children's rights, HRW said.

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