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Qatar says Taliban rights abuses 'very disappointing'

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani lamented the Taliban's "backward" steps.
A member of Taliban stands guard along a road in Kabul on Sept. 30, 2021.

Qatar is disappointed by the Taliban’s handling of human rights in Afghanistan, particularly its treatment of women and girls, the Gulf country’s chief diplomat said Thursday. 

“The recent actions that we have seen, unfortunately, in Afghanistan — it has been very disappointing to see some steps being taken backward,” Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told reporters in Doha. 

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