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  1. “Currently, the six cities of Herat, Lashkar Gah, Kandahar, Ghazni, Zaranj and Sheberghan are under Taliban attack and soon other cities, including Kabul, will be targeted. We ask the Council and call on the international community to take preventive measures, including the convening of a special session of the Security Council and the Human Rights Council, to avert a catastrophic situation of human rights violations and the large-scale displacement of the civilian population, which we have witnessed in the Middle East and in other conflicts around the world. We have an opportunity to stop this now.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  2. “Against that grim and disturbing situation unfolding in my country, it is high time for the Council to use every means at its disposal to compel the Taliban to end its campaign of violence and terror against our people, prevent further bloodshed and urge the group to return to talks. We ask the Council to use existing tools, including the effective implementation of the sanction’s regime under resolution 1988 (2011) and resolution 2513 (2020), to pressure the Taliban to engage in meaningful peace talks with the Government negotiating team. We request the Council to discharge its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations and to take all necessary measures to stop the Taliban’s attacks on big cities and population centres.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  3. “To support the peace talks, my Government has offered a peace plan and made painful concessions, including the release of more than 6,000 prisoners, most of whom have returned to battlefields. However, the Taliban continues to defy and ignore the call of the international community and, more specifically, of the Council to cease hostilities towards our people and engage in meaningful peaceful talks. As the departure of foreign troops from Afghanistan has almost been completed, it clearly shows that the Taliban and its foreign associates are fighting for power to turn our country once again into a safe haven for transnational terrorism, which will, no doubt, pose a threat to the region and the global community.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  4. “We are confident in the bravery and professionalism of our national defence and security forces to defend the Republic, which is the manifestation of our values and determination to fight for our homeland and for the future of our children. In recent days, we have witnessed an immense demonstration of support from Afghans, within and outside the country, for our security forces. Our defence of the Islamic Republic has turned into a national resistance movement and our people have loudly declared that they do not want to go back to the Taliban’s dark era of 1990s. Peace has been the most urgent need and demand of the Afghan people and achieving peace is the highest priority for the Afghan Government. To realize that, President Ghani has repeatedly called on the Taliban to adhere to a ceasefire and engage in meaningful negotiations.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  5. “The fall of 10 border crossings to the Taliban has led to the suspension of trade and a surge in the prices of primary goods, which is further adding to the misery of the population, affected by decades of conflict. Taliban attacks have also come at a great cost to public infrastructure, signifying losses of millions of dollars and years of development investments. During this period, the Taliban has destroyed more than 260 public buildings, including schools, hospitals, bridges and communications towers. The Taliban’s destruction of public and private infrastructure has deprived more than 13 million people of public services and has amounted to more than $500 million in damage.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  6. “The indiscriminate level of violence exhibited by the Taliban has exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation in the country, caused by drought and the pandemic. Since the start of their offensive, more than 5,300 civilians, including 1,960 women and children, have been killed or injured, while thousands of others have been displaced. That adds to the burden of approximately 4.8 million people displaced in a country and 18.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Those numbers could easily increase exponentially if attacks against big population centres and cities continue unabated. Therefore, the Council must act and prevent a catastrophic situation.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  7. “Dawa Khan, who was the head of the Afghan media and communications centre. That is in sharp contrast to the Taliban’s claim of moderation and respect for international law and even Sharia law. Yes, the Taliban has changed, but for the worst. The members of the group have become more violent in their actions, cruel in the treatment of local population, more extremist in their thinking and revengeful against sympathizers of the Government. The imposition of the Taliban’s draconian rule has portrayed no positive change from the ideologies that dominated the thinking of the so-called Islamic Emirate of the 1990s and what is espoused by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham and other extremist groups today.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  8. “Shaharzad Akbar, Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, shed further light on that. But shocking and heart-wrenching images and videos of the Taliban’s brutality and cruelty against the civilian population and people suspected of working for the Government and international forces are emerging through social media, which are too graphic to even describe in my statement here. Suicide bombings, summary executions revenge killings, death by stoning, the chopping of hands, the flogging of children, forced marriages and the restriction of the movement of women and girls are a common occurrence in areas under Taliban control, and are sanctioned by Taliban religious fatwas. Sadly, earlier today, Taliban terrorists killed one of our bravest sons of Afghanistan, Mr.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  9. “In keeping with the agreement of the leadership of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Tashkent last month, we urge Pakistan to help with removing and dismantling Taliban sanctuaries and supply lines and establish with us a joint monitoring and verification mechanism to make the fight against terrorism and international efforts for peace effective and credible. Let me reiterate that Afghanistan desires nothing but friendly relations and peaceful coexistence with Pakistan based on mutual respect for each other’s sovereignty. We are alarmed by reports and incidents of gross human rights violations by the Taliban and its foreign terrorist associates in almost half of our country. We are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under Taliban attacks and about the brutality that awaits them. I am glad that Ms.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  10. “Therefore, this is not a civil war, but a war of criminalized and terrorist networks fought on the backs of Afghans. Importantly, the Taliban continues to enjoy a safe haven in, and a supply and logistics line extended to its war machine from, Pakistan. Graphic reports and videos of Taliban fighters congregating close to the Durand Line to enter Afghanistan, fundraising events, the transfer of dead bodies for mass burial and the treatment of injured Taliban members in Pakistani hospitals are emerging and are widely available. This is not only a flagrant violation of the sanctions regime pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), but also leads to the further erosion of trust and confidence towards establishing a collaborative relationship with Pakistan to end the war in our country.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  11. “In fact, those links are unbreakable, as they have been cultivated and built on shared ideology, interests, goals and intermarriage that have been translated into joint attacks and logistical and material support. The implications of allowing that network to continue to grow inside the country carry great security risks not only for Afghanistan but also for the wider region and even the world. It is a shared risk and concern for all of us. This is not the Taliban of the twentieth century coming from the isolated madrasas, but the manifestation of the nexus between transnational terrorist networks and transnational criminal organizations. Their links to drugs, smuggling and the plunder of our natural resources are unprecedented, and those who encourage and participate with them, of course, are the beneficiaries.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  12. “There is mounting evidence that the East Turkestan Islamic Movement and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which have pledged allegiance to ISIL, fought alongside the Taliban in Faryab, Jowzjan, Takhar and Badakhshan provinces, where they are currently present with their families under the Taliban control. The link between the Taliban and those transnational terrorist groups is stronger today than at any point in recent times. Just as indicated numerous times by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), pertaining to Afghanistan and the Taliban, the Taliban, contrary to their commitments under the Doha agreement, has not broken its ties with regional and international terrorist organizations.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  13. “It is our collective responsibility to stop them from destroying Afghanistan and threatening the world community. The scale, scope and timing of the Taliban’s military offensive has taken on the dimensions of an invasion unprecedented in the past 30 years of the conflict. Since mid-April, the Taliban and its affiliate foreign terrorist groups have launched more than 5,500 attacks in 31 of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. The attacks have been launched with the direct support of more than 10,000 foreign fighters representing 20 groups, including Al-Qaida, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which entered our country and are fighting alongside the Taliban against our population and security forces.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  14. “Even more alarming are their attacks on cities, including Kandahar, Herat, Lashkar Gah, Ghazni, Sheberghan and Zaranj yesterday, as was just confirmed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Millions of people are now vulnerable to indiscriminate shelling, death, injuries, destruction and displacement. Our cities and public infrastructure, which we have rebuilt with the Council’s support over the past two decades, are now exposed to unimaginable levels of Taliban destruction. In that deliberate act of barbarism, the Taliban are not alone. They are assisted by foreign fighters from transnational terrorist networks. Together, they are threatening peace, security and stability not only in Afghanistan but also our region and beyond.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  15. “We were compelled to ask for this urgent meeting, as the situation in Afghanistan has been rapidly deteriorating owing to the recent escalation of violence by the Taliban and its brutal military offensives on major cities and population centres in several provinces. In gross contravention of the Doha peace agreement, resolution 2513 (2020) and the regional and international consensus embodied in the joint statement of the extended troika of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process Ministerial Meeting, the Taliban have launched brutal military offensives that have already caused mass death, destruction, displacement and instability in Afghanistan and beyond.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  16. “This meeting also highlights the Security Council’s commitment to ensuring that the people of Afghanistan are able to live in peace, security and dignity, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In that regard, I should like to welcome the Security Council press statement of 3 August (SC/14592), condemning the terrorist attack on the United Nations compound in Herat and the recent increase in the level of violence in the country. Let me also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lyons for her thorough briefing and for highlighting the alarming threat and serious concern about the situation in Afghanistan.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source

  17. “I am honoured to make this statement on behalf of my Foreign Minister, His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Haneef Atmar, who very much wanted to be here with everyone but could not travel to New York, owing to such short notice. Allow me first to congratulate India on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to commend France for successfully completing its term. I would also like to thank the Governments of India and of Norway and Estonia, as the co-penholders, and the rest of the Security Council members in responding positively to our request to brief the Council about the alarming developments in Afghanistan.”

    2021-08-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8831 (2021) · source