The U.N. Human Rights Council agreed on Thursday to appoint a special rapporteur on Afghanistan to probe alleged violations committed by the Taliban and other parties to the conflict there.
In adopting the resolution brought by the European Union, the forum signalled that it would maintain a spotlight on the country, especially on the rights of women and ethnic minorities living under Taliban rule.
In a statement, the EU said that its resolution "sends a strong signal that the international community will continue to stand by the Afghan people". U.N. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet already has a mandate from the Council to monitor the situation in Afghanistan until March, derived from a resolution brought by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in August.
China's diplomat Jiang Duan said that the EU resolution had "serious defects". The United States was the party responsible for committing human rights violations in Afghanistan over the past two decades, he said.
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