Taliban pledge on women's rights needs to be watched: U.N. official

The Taliban has pledged to respect women's rights and allow access for humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan in written commitments with a U.N. relief office, but the international community needs to monitor whether the Islamist group will keep its word, the head of the office said.In an exclusive interview with Kyodo News on Tuesday, Martin Griffiths, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, revealed that the Taliban agreed "not to interfere with" humanitarian operations, including recruitment of female staff, when they held talks in early August in Kab…READ FULL ARTICLE