Chinese Foreign Minister makes official visit to Afghanistan, UN disappointed by the move of the Taliban

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is received at Kabul airport on March 24. (Source: Twitter)

In a statement on Twitter, Ahmad Yasir, a senior official in the government set up by the Taliban in Afghanistan confirmed the information.

According to Anadoluafter arriving in Kabul, Mr. Wang Yi had a meeting with the interim Foreign Minister of the Taliban-established government in Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi and other officials.

In another development, on March 23, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the US State Department criticized the Taliban for violating their commitments by closing girls’ schools in Afghanistan.

Secretary-General Guterres expressed disappointment at the decision of the Taliban, saying that this action violates the equal rights of women and girls to education. He called on the Taliban government to immediately open schools to all students.

Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the Taliban’s decision to continue closing high schools for girls goes against the force’s public commitments to the people of Afghanistan. and the international community.

This will affect the process of international recognition of this force.

On March 23, the Taliban suddenly withdrew the announcement to open high schools for new girls made a few hours earlier, and announced that these schools would remain closed until a plan was drawn up according to the plan. Islamic law allows reopening.

Since taking control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed a series of restrictions on women, including banning women from participating in government work, controlling what clothes they are allowed to wear and banning women from going out. out of the city alone.