UN Security Council Set to Vote Against Taliban Bans on Women, Girls

Islamabad - The United Nations Security Council is set to vote Thursday to demand Afghanistan's Taliban leadership swiftly reverse their restrictions on women's access to education and work and to condemn a recent ban on U.N. local female staff.

The draft resolution, seen by VOA, expresses 'deep concern at the increasing erosion of respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls in Afghan