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including detention of civilian foreign nationals, and urges their captors to release
them as well as non-criminal civilian prisoners;
10. Demands that all the Afghan parties fulfil their obligations regarding the
safety of all personnel of diplomatic missions, the United Nations and other
international organizations, as well as their premises in Afghanistan, and to
cooperate fully and without discrimination on grounds of gender, nationality or
religion with the United Nations and associated bodies and with other humanitarian
organizations, agencies and non-governmental organizations;
11. Urges all the Afghan parties, in particular the Taliban, to bring to an end
without delay all violations of the human rights of women and girls and to take
urgent measures to ensure:
(a) The repeal of all legislative and other measures that discriminate against
women and girls and those that impede the realization of all their human rights;
(b) The effective participation of women in civil, cultural, economic,
political and social life throughout the country;
(c) Respect for the right of women to work and their reintegration into
employment, including in the specialized agencies and human rights organizations;
(d) The equal right of women and girls to education without discrimination,
the reopening of schools and the admission of women and girls to all levels of
education;
(e) Respect for the equal right of women to security of person, and to ensure
that those responsible for physical attacks on women are brought to justice;
(f)
Respect for the freedom of movement of women;
(g) Respect for the effective and equal access of women and girls to the
facilities necessary to protect their right to the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health;
12. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on
Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences, 12 on her
mission to Afghanistan;
13. Urges all Afghan parties to respect all international human rights
instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women,9 to bring to an end without delay all violations of
the human rights of women and girls, to take urgent measures to ensure respect for
all fundamental freedoms and to respect international humanitarian law with regard
to the conduct of hostilities;
14. Notes with appreciation the activities carried out by the International
Committee of the Red Cross, as well as by non-governmental organizations,
throughout the territory of Afghanistan;
15. Recalls its invitation extended to the Secretary-General and the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to proceed without delay to
investigate fully reports of mass killings of prisoners of war and civilians, rape and
cruel treatment in Afghanistan, expresses deep regret for the lack of cooperation by
Afghan parties, calls upon the United Front and the Taliban to fulfil their stated
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