The European Union has said it is imposing restrictive measures against 18 individuals and five entities for human rights violations in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Ukraine and Russia.
The Taliban government ministers of Education and Justice as well as the acting Chief Justice of the Afghanistan Supreme Court are among the six individuals sanctioned because of their sexual and gender-based violence, the EU said in a statement.
The EU said these Taliban officials were involved in depriving girls and women of education and work, obstructing access to justice and equal treatment with men.
However, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on his Twitter page today that the policy of sanctions was in no one’s interest.
He said the EU should resolve issue through interaction, dialogue and understanding instead of pressure and sanctions.
The EU has imposed similar sanctions on acting higher education minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem and acting minister of law Muhammad Khalid Hanafi.
The fresh sanctions were imposed on Acting Education Minister Habibullah Agha, Acting Minister of Justice Abdul Hakim Sharia and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Sheikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani.
The EU statement said these officials could not visit and invest in the member countries of the European Union.
After the fall of the republic government in Kabul, the Islamic Emirate banned girls education about grade six and later extended the ban to girls’ university education.
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