Qatar says Taliban rights abuses 'very disappointing'
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani lamented the Taliban's "backward" steps.
Qatar is disappointed by the Taliban’s handling of human rights in Afghanistan, particularly its treatment of women and girls, the Gulf country’s chief diplomat said Thursday.
“The recent actions that we have seen, unfortunately, in Afghanistan — it has been very disappointing to see some steps being taken backward,” Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told reporters in Doha.
In a joint press briefing with the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Al Thani said Qatar would continue to urge the Islamist group to avoid actions that harm women.
"We have also been trying to demonstrate for the Taliban how Muslim countries can conduct their laws, how they can deal with the women's issues," said the Qatari foreign minister.
