The Islamic Emirate calls the recent report by Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan, repetitive and biased.

Hamdullah Fetrat, the deputy spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, says that all rights of women are protected within the framework of Islamic rulings in the country.

"These accusations are repetitive and biased, in Afghanistan all the people's Sharia rights are preserved, and in Afghanistan, all rights that Islamic Sharia has given to women are secured," said Hamdullah Fetrat.

This comes as Richard Bennett, last night (Thrusday) in the fifty-fifth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, expressed concern over educational and work restrictions, detentions, disappearances, and public executions in Afghanistan.

He called on the international community to condition the normalization of relations with the Islamic Emirate on the improvement of the human rights situation in Afghanistan.

"I ask you to stand together for the human rights of the Afghan people. Consultations should be held with Afghans, and their views for finding solutions, for Afghanistan to be at peace internally and externally, should be heard. I ask the Taliban to improve their human rights record and to increase the small achievements they had in the private sector and health because human rights are the cornerstone of lasting and long-term peace," said Richard Bennett.

"The people of Afghanistan want this council to adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Afghanistan was one of the first 48 signatories, and consider the universal principles of human rights when making decisions about Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan want this council to defend fundamental human rights," said Nasir Ahmad Andisha, the permanent representative of Afghanistan to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

In this session, representatives from the United States, Turkey, Iran, Germany, and Pakistan also called for an end to human rights violations, especially against women in Afghanistan.

"The international community must remain determined and united and ask the Taliban to lift these restrictive actions. We also join others in calling for accountability. The future of Afghanistan depends on all Afghans being partners in decision-making," said Michelle Taylor, the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

"We are equally concerned about the humanitarian situation, human rights, and socio-economic issues in Afghanistan. We are equally concerned about the rights of Afghan women and girls; the governing authorities in Afghanistan must lift restrictions on women's education and allow women and girls to participate in the future of Afghanistan," said Pakistan representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

"Germany asks the authorities in Afghanistan to immediately stop human rights violations and adhere to international laws including human rights; fundamental rights of all Afghans especially religious, ethnic minorities, and women should be observed, and all decrees limiting these should be revoked," said Katharina Stasch, the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Previously, the Secretary-General of the United Nations had also asked the interim government of Afghanistan to lift the restrictions imposed on the education and employment of women in Afghanistan.