Afghanistan, G7: stop violence and respect women’s and children’s rights

The G7 foreign ministers highlighted “the urgent need for an end to violence” in Afghanistan and that “human rights, including those of women, children and minorities, are respected”. This is what is read in the press release issued at the end of the extraordinary summit dedicated to the crisis in Afghanistan. Read also The declaration, released by the head of the Foreign Office, Dominic Raab (the current presidency is British), hopes for “inclusive negotiations on the future of Afghanistan” and underlines “the need for all parties to respect international humanitarian law, in particular in relation to humanitarian and medical personnel and interpreters “. The ministers also asked that the Taliban guarantee a safe corridor for foreign and Afghan citizens who want to leave Afghanistan. The declaration stresses the importance of the Taliban “keeping their commitments to guarantee the protection of civilians” and expresses “deep concern over reports of violent reprisals in some parts of Afghanistan”. “The G7 – it reads – is doing everything possible to evacuate vulnerable people from Kabul airport and invites all parties to continue to facilitate it”. In addition, “the Taliban must ensure that Afghanistan does not become a refuge for terrorist threats to the international security “.