KABUL (Pajhwok): China and Iran have urged the caretaker government of Afghanistan to end restrictions on girls’ education and women’s work and form an inclusive government.
In a joint statement released on Thursday, at the close of a visit to Beijing by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during which the two sides affirmed close economic and political ties and their rejection of Western standards of human rights and democracy, AP News reported.
“The two sides ... called on the Afghan rulers to form an inclusive government in which all ethnic groups and political groups actually participate, and cancel all discriminatory measures . . .
