Taliban Balk at UN Security Council Plan for Special Afghan Envoy

FILE — The United Nations Security Council meets at United Nations headquarters, Dec. 22, 2023. On Saturday, Afghanistan's Taliban authorities criticized the council's resolution calling for the appointment of a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities Saturday criticized the United Nations Security Council's plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as "unnecessary."