Pakistan and UN Officials Discuss Human Rights and Security Challenges in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, held discussions on Wednesday, February 11 with the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, as well as with a senior UN delegation, to review the current human rights and security situation in Afghanistan. “We exchanged views on the latest developments concerning human rights situation and prevailing security challenges, said: Mohammad Sadiq.”

The talks, conducted during Bennett’s visit to Pakistan for the Asma Jahangir Conference, focused on the protection of human rights, cross-border security challenges, regional cooperation, and the situation of Afghan refugees. Bennett emphasized that Afghanistan remains unsafe for the return of many refugees and called for their repatriation under dignified and orderly processes.