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Faiq Welcomes UNAMA Extension, Warns of Worsening Human Rights Crisis

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16 Jun 2026 - 07:42

The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Afghanistan has welcomed the one-year extension of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), emphasizing the organization’s vital role in supporting the Afghan people.

In a statement, Afghanistan highlighted growing concerns over the deteriorating human rights situation, particularly the suppression of women and girls, arbitrary detentions, and increasing restrictions on fundamental freedoms.

The statement also welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s emphasis on human rights, especially the rights of women and girls, and stressed the need to revoke policies that contradict international commitments, Islamic values, and the traditions of the Afghan people.

It underscored that lasting peace and stability can only be achieved through an inclusive, legitimate, representative, and accountable political system.

Afghanistan expressed support for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2721 and called for advancing a credible political process led by the Afghan people.

The statement further emphasized the importance of continued humanitarian assistance, counterterrorism efforts, and regional cooperation, alongside support for human rights.

It also urged the international community to maintain a united and principled approach toward Afghanistan.

Concluding the statement, it stressed that the people of Afghanistan deserve dignity, justice, rights, and a future based on hope—not fear and repression.