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UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has voiced support for the demand from countries and organizations to immediately lift the Taliban\u2019s discriminatory restrictions on women. Guterres said, \u201cWhat is happening in Afghanistan compares to some of the most egregious systems of oppression in modern history.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign ministers of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands have warned that if the situation for women and girls does not improve, they will take the Taliban to the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has voiced support for the demand from countries and organizations to immediately lift the Taliban\u2019s discriminatory restrictions on women. 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