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UN envoy visits Afghanistan, discusses bans on women

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed when she met with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. [Courtesy Twitter]

A top U.N. diplomat held talks with the foreign minister of the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan to convey international concern about restrictions they have placed on women's access to work, education and public life.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, the highest-ranking woman in the world body, arrived overnight in the capital, Kabul, at the head of a high-level U.N. delegation.

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