OIC to Continue Talks with Taliban on Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

DID Press: Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has said the organisation will continue engaging with Taliban authorities on the rights of women and girls to education and employment, while supporting the humanitarian and economic needs of the Afghan people.

Speaking at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Baghdad, Ould Cheikh Ahmed said: “In Afghanistan, we will continue dialogue with the de facto authorities on the rights of women and girls to education and work, based on Islamic values, and support the humanitarian and economic needs of the Afghan people.”

Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described the situations in Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia as challenging, stressing that these issues should be among the top priorities on the agenda of the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting.