The Council of the European Union imposed sanctions on high-ranking officials of the Taliban movement on July 20.
According to ToloNews, the Council of the European Union on Thursday, July 20, imposed sanctions against acting Minister of Education Mawlawi Habibullah Agha, acting Minister of Justice Abdul Hakim Shar’i, and acting Chairman of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from the Taliban movement Abdul Hakim Haqqani for their role in depriving girls and women in Afghanistan of their right to education, access to justice, and the opportunity for equal treatment with men.
The Council of the European Union also introduced restrictive measures against 18 individuals and 5 legal entities as part of the EU’s Global Sanctions Regime for human rights violations, as these individuals are responsible for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Ukraine, and Russia.