IEA denounces extension of sanctions monitoring team’s mandate

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has condemned the UN Security Council’s (UNSC) decision to extend the mandate of sanctions monitoring team.

IEA Deputy Spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said: “We condemn this decision of the continuation of sanctions, continuing the sanctions on Afghanistan will undermine the rights of the Afghan people, sanctions have not yielded any results as pressure in the past, It is not logical to repeat the failed experience and the losses will only reach the common people.”

Fitrat said this decision was also in violation with human rights, and the Islamic Emirate wanted relations with all sides, including the United Nations, to be normalized.

The Security Council on Friday extended for 14 months the mandate of the team monitoring sanctions against the Taliban and associated individuals and entities that threaten Afghanistan’s peace, stability and security, according to a statement.

The statement added Unanimously adopting resolution 2763 (2024) (to be issued as document S/RES/2763(2024), the 15-member organ decided that the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team will continue to support the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) — a subsidiary body overseeing the implementation of sanctions regime on the Taliban.

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