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Afghanistan
U.N. staff in Afghanistan dealing with threats and harassment, fear for their lives
2021-09-13
[JustTheNews] There are still people thinking that this might be a kinder and gentler Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...


United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
employees in Afghanistan are suffering "harassment and intimidation" from the Taliban since their surprisingly swift rise to power in Afghanistan last month.
"All of the good restaurants are closed" she huffed...
"We are, however, increasingly worried by the growing number of incidents of harassment and intimidation against our national staff," said Deborah Lyons, the U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan, in a Sept. 9 news release.

"We will continue to do everything possible to support our staff and keep them from harm's way," she added. "The U.N. cannot conduct its work—work that is so essential to the Afghan people—if its personnel are subjected to intimidation, fear for their lives, and cannot move freely."

An internal U.N. security document obtained by Rooters on Aug. 25, according to The Epoch Times, described numerous incidents of physical and psychological abuse from five days before the Taliban took power.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Harassment is when they read a comment online that disagrees with their beliefs. What the Taliban are doing isn't harassment.
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616   2021-09-13 10:33  

#1  UN to bug out in 3...2...1...
Posted by: Too Old To Work   2021-09-13 07:50  

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