Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has strongly criticised the European Union’s decision to invite Taliban officials to Brussels for migration talks, warning that the move could give legitimacy to a regime that continues to impose severe restrictions on Afghan women and girls.
Taking to Instagram, Malala shared a powerful video message in which she expressed her disappointment over the development and urged world leaders not to overlook the ongoing human rights situation in Afghanistan.
“The EU has invited Taliban officials to Brussels to discuss a migration deal and today I am shaken and deeply disturbed by this,” Malala said.
“The same Taliban banned girls from secondary schools and forced them into marriage. The same Taliban that, earlier this month, arrested dozens of women in Herat for how they were dressed,” she said.
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