we are alarmed by reports and incidents, the gross human rights violation by the taliban and the foreign terrorist associate in almost half of our country. and we are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities and the taliban attacks. and what brutality would await them? i'm glad to see mr. sharp at birth, chairwoman of the afghan independent human rights commission. to should for the light on this. but shocking and heart wrenching images and videos of taliban brutality and cruelties against civilian population. and people suspected of working for the government and international forces are emerging in social media, which are too graphic to even describe them in my statement here. suicide bombings, summary execution, revenge, killing stoning to that chopping of hands, flogging of children, forced marriages,

and restricting women and girls movement are a common occurrence in area under taliban control and are sanctioned by taliban religious for to us. sadly this morning, parliament terrorists killed one of our bravest and sons of huff understand smith had our hon, who was the head of the african media and communication center. this is in short contrast to tyler once claim of moderation and respect for international law or even sharia law. yes, the taliban have change, but for the worst, they have become more violent and their action cruel in treatment of local population, more extremist and their thinking. and revengeful against sympathizes of the government. the imposition of parliament draconian rule has portrayed no positive change from the ideologies that dominated the thinking of the so called flemish emirates of the ninety's. and what is this power by isis and other extreme ex group

today? mister president, the indiscriminate level of violence exhibited by the parliament had exacerbated already. dia humanitarian situation in the country caused by drought and depend amick. since the thoughts of their offensive, more than $5300.00 civilians, including 1960 women and children have been killed and injured while thousands. how there have been displaced. this as to the burden of approximately 4800000 people displaced in a country and 8400000 people who are in need of humanitarian assistance. these numbers could easily increase exponentially if a tax against big population centers and cities continue unabated. therefore, the council must act and prevent a catastrophic situation. the fall of the border crossing to the taliban has led to

suspension of trade in a search in price of the primary goods which is further adding to the misery of the population affected by decades of conflict. taliban attacks have also come with a great cost public infrastructure signifying losses of millions of dollars and years of development investment. during this period, the parliament have destroyed more than 260 public building, including schools, hospital bridges, and communication powers, highlands destruction of public and private infrastructure has deprived over 13000000 people of public services and have amounted to more than $500000000.00 of damage mister president, we are confident in the bravery and professionalism are our national defense and security forces to defend the republic, which is the manifestation of our values and determination to fight for homeland and for the future of our children. in recent days, we witness an immense demonstration of support from our funds within and outside

the country for our security forces. our defense of the salami republic has turned into a national resistance movement, and our people have spoken loud that they do not want to go back to the taliban. dark era of the ninety's peace has been the most urgent need and demand of the f. one. people and achieving pieces the uppermost priority for the on government. to realize this, president connie has repeatedly called on the taliban to adhere to a cease fire and engage in meaningful negotiations. support the peace talks. my government has offered a peace plan and made painful concession, including the release of over $6000.00 prisoners of tyler, one most of whom have returned to battlefield. but the taliban continued to defy and ignore the call of the international community. and more specifically of this counsel to see if there's hostilities toward our people and engage in meaningful

pete stocks. at the departure of foreign troops from a furnace that has been nearly complete, this clearly shows that the taliban and their foreign associates are fighting for power to turn our country once again into a safe haven of trans national terrorism, which will no doubt pose a threat to the region and the global community. mister president, against this graham and disturbing situation unfolding in my country. it's high time for the council to use every means that its disposal to compel the taliban to end their campaign of violence and terror against our people. and to prevent further bloodshed and urge them to return to return 2 talks. we asked the counsel to use existing tools, including the effective implementation of the sanction regime and the resolution 1988, and un security council resolution $2513.00 to pressure the taliban to engage in meaningful peace talks. with a government negotiating team, we request

a council to discharge its responsibilities under the united nation charge of the charter and take all necessary measure to stop parlor bonds pack on big cities and population centers. currently 6 cities of herat laska kandaher needs are and, and ship iran are under tyler by an attack and soon other cities including cobble will be targeted. we asked the council and call an international community to take preventive measures, including convening of a special session of the security council and the human rights council to avert a catastrophe. situation of human rights violation and large scale displacement of civilian population, which we have met nist in the middle east and other conflicts around the world. we have an opportunity to stop this now. we would like to request the council and the united nations secretary general to provide support to the ongoing piece talks and

or her and the regional and international meetings plan next week and or her to achieve the goal of preventing taliban attacks on cities and off reaching political settlement and cease fire. we appreciate and support the role of the un secretary general's personal envoy for us understand. mr. john or no and special representative in cobbled miss deborah lyons. and finally, we call on our friends and partners to support our government's new security plan to stabilize upon us, done, and protect the region and international community. again, the scores of international terrorism. in conclusion, i would like to express my appreciation to the steadfast support of the security council members and their principal positions and difficult times for upon this time. i hope that today's discussion will not only contribute to the peace efforts underway in doha, but also send a strong message to the taliban above the council determination to hold them accountable to their commitment and promises in finding

a peaceful solution to the current conflict. i thank you, mr. president. ok, that was on. i've got a sound ambassador to the u. u. n colon the cause i are addressing the security council on the situation and i've gone on he was talking about the brutal advances that have been made by the taliban on population centers. again, he said to an invasion. next we are going to be hearing from bar. i've got to sounds independent, human rights commission representatives as listening to the council. i'd like to thank india, the presence of un security council and permanent mission of her on the phone for inviting me to provide the be think about the ongoing conflict and the violations of international humanitarian law. and i know many of hands across on the phone or waiting to hear about the message and outcomes, a special meeting of the counsel at the f. one, cities,

and villages are burning and conflict. civilians are experiencing extreme levels of harm and tens of thousands of families are being displaced since june, 2019. this is the 3rd time i have had the honor of the counsel. every time the situation up on the phone is more critical than before. the situation for the could not be more urgent. the 1st 6 months of 2021 have been the blood you 6 months on civilians. since the one on independent human died commission started recording and 2009. 1677 civilians including women and children, have been killed and 3654 were injured in the spirit of the current fates of violence. continue. i'm heartbroken to know that there might be a gram new record of civilian harm by end of the year. but the 6 and now a provincial safety falling to the polar bond. millions of our homes are waiting

entire to see what comes next. woman in particular, a member of the past and present abuse of f, paula on against their freedoms and the persons. and then what's to come. as you know, menu are joining the ranks of those trying to the source and inform fall upon advances. an escalation of violence has meant the 3 and the commission or verifying details of or if it war crimes on a daily basis. let me give you 3 examples from our work and decent weeks and spin bull that can hot our findings confirm that the fall upon that out and coat at least 40 civilians associates at the government and campaign of target. the extra edge of the show can following media and human dice reporting following imposed sick distinctions. and what m just the good people traveling to and from

skin bolduc to prevent the full documentation of the atrocities in modest on any province. we can confirm that at least 27 civilians have been murdered and targeted killings by follow up on. in one instance, parliament sought the help of an armed guard to move the bodies of civilians and then killed the guard in an attempt to remove by witnesses. meanwhile, and helman, as i speak to you now, there's been some flash, got to go back between fall upon a fax and government yes. fights for heading for the life of the minutes and deprived of access to the basic play. also as i speak to today, i'm morning, another attack on a fun fun youth that will haunt me nepal. a government official working on communications in a man known for his voice, the humor engine dorothy was shot and brought the light and color to the hester. and the chilling reminder to all have got lloyd, as well as you're not

a human by offenders about the frequency of targeted killings in the midst of the aging war. it's also brutal reminder of taller bonds, refusal to acknowledge government employees as villians, and continue to target and killed them and call the sound the heart of me and across on the, on going form of these all did it cost life and her sped wife, but para and uncertainty, taking us further away from the post both of peace and addition to the violation of the laws of conflict, of one on human both came under attack and definitely shrinking at the conflict expanse. one major deeply concerning example is that i saw women and girls and captured by the taller woman's access to your cation to market. the basic health services is limited and shrinking. their basic human di, denied and depressed of one woman across a on a phone or e that

a d living the night me to call upon or live in the fair and trauma of the soon as a type doesn't turn and we don't have an opportunity. negotiations in meaningful participation and them we have an equally concerning situation with access to formation and freedom of expression. and media under pressure by both sides. a conflict and dependent media in different provinces are shutting down the fault. and the context, it's important to soften government its obligations on protection of independence, be freedom of expression and all fundamental human. but i said earlier that if the violence continues much worse is to come for our on, for our phones and subsequently for the region in the world. but the violence need not continue. the council and its members still have the leverage to stop the bleeding of athens and prevent cuts trophy. this council can save life. we will

need the council to utilize the full range of political diplomatic, human dice, and humanity, and tools and interventions to save life and prevent further further and more horrific atrocities. we urge the council, the united nations and international human dice mechanisms for a spell and with a greater sense of urgency for the phone calls for civilian protection, sees but an end to finance and meaningful and inclusive political process. following the holistic attack on a goes to school and called on may 8th, the commission called for a fact finding mission, investigate the target, the killing of civilians, enough for the in july and the national national human diaper can i vision or the high commissioner for human bites, we shall surely take action support was called and had public statement to the council. the high commissioner noted that tradition and called for a preventive mechanism. you don't care for that, but you look at parliament has expressed support. the government has now called for

a special session of the human dice counseling, the fact finding mission. we support the request to recognize the urgency of the situation. and so now these are some of the most important things, a fact finding mission, what's offered on people to act as a present of mechanism to highlight urgency of the threat civilians including from a side mastercard, of religious and ethnic minorities jets to goes indication and target the feelings of human dice, offenders to keep victims and civilians center stage one on pitts towards the human rights and humanitarian crisis. so about the stablished facts identified proper shooters. preserve evidence with a view to ensuring accountability. the proposed remedies for victims and effect of prevention mechanisms was the president my family and i thought that she gene fox, but when i was a child expect skipping fun to make them fall a bunch of fishing. 24 are so years later, millions of funds are looking for

a way out of us. i don't see a future here. we cannot wait and watch the history to put repeating itself. i apologize if i'm mighty much the counselor lent it, but that there are less than i speak to exhaust that and then warning, hoping that this time speaking for the forum will make a difference. i found that watching atmosphere and the fair, if this council in the international community will do all at, can you vive our hope and peace? thank ok. that was asha. how's that father from? i've got a sons independent human rights commission speaking to view and security council. ah, it's session on afghanistan. just to recap what she said there. she said millions of afghans and now waiting and terror. women in particular are afraid of the telephone advance. she said they are hearing reports of horrific war crimes on

a daily basis, including the extra judicial killings of civilians. she also made mention of the residence of laska guy who was stock is the violence increases around them there. she also mentioned that access to information is becoming harder independent media shutting down, which of course makes it even harder to tell the story of what exactly is happening . and i've gone on. let's go live now to christian salumi who is standing by for us at the united nations. so christian, really a damning, quite frightening assessment from all the speakers we've heard so far. it has been indeed, and the words of the special representative debra lines were particularly blunt in the halls of diplomacy. here she described the gains made by the taliban in rural areas and there movement to see cities in the terror that is being felt

by civilians who are caught in the crossfire there and put the onus on the international community to in her words act act. now, she said that the country is at a dangerous turning point. she described taliban moving in on cities and the fact that there been over 1000 civilians are casualties in the last month. many civilians she talks about lash car. gar, as one of the more dire scenarios where hospitals are at full capacity, civilians can't leave because the roads have been blocked by the taliban. and the food is not able to get in. and they're on the verge of acute food shortages with the un, unable to do it, man a terrier work because of the increasing violence. but what was most telling was her description of taliban activities and her words to the council which diplomats

are telling us are unlike anything they've heard in the council chambers before she said that the international community has been treating the taliban as a partner for peace expecting that this would lead to a reduction in violence, but in fact, the opposite has happened. and she laid out very explicit steps for what the international community should do to help calm the situation and afghan, a stand she talked about, insisting on an end to the attacks on the cities. immediate resumption of negotiations and even re voting. the travel ban exemptions that had been given to taliban leaders to travel so that the negotiations could take place. all of this, she says, is needed urgently because the situation is really at a turning point, a very dangerous turning point in her words. so very, very grim situation by painted by deborah lions. yeah. chris and i was interested

to hear her say, you know, if the taliban were committed to the peace process that would not allow so many civilian casualties. as you say, quite strong words from her there. and we also heard from going to sons ambassador to the un saying that the security council should use every means at its disposal to change the course of what's happening. and i've gone on. what does it have at its disposal? what can it do? i thought it was interesting that the ambassador for afghanistan talked about how this is a conflict that is not. i'm looking for his exact words here because he talked about that at canada. stan is really the battlefield for a trans national scheme. he talked about the drug trade that is crossing borders about the violence that is crossing borders really attempting to paint this

as a d, stabilizing situation for not just app ganna stand, but the entire region and the threat to international peace and security. because that's where the security council can come in and act, that is their justification for acting in a situation like this. there are steps the security council could take. deborah lyons, for, for her part, talked about, insisting on these various measures to get the parties back to the negotiating table, including a, a statement coming from the council about something that they could do. they can issue a statement, calling for a cease fire calling, at least for a stop of attacks on, on cities. she said they should make it clear that any government seized by violence would not be recognized. the un has other tools like peacekeeping forces that they could authorize for the country. the problem is

at this stage, there is no peace to keep in afghanistan. so what we've been hearing, not only from deborah lions, but from former envoys from civil society groups that are paying close attention to the situation there is that the message from the security council needs to be stronger. they did issue a statement earlier this week, expressing their concern particularly about attacks on a un compound there. but just by speaker with one voice, the council could make an impact on what's happening on the ground. they're letting the taliban and government officials as well know that, that they're not on board with the situation and they will not recognize any government seized in violence. all right, thank you for that. kristen salumi live at the united nations. let's go to afghanistan. let's go to cobble at the phonetic james base is live there for us. james. we heard the from the security council documenting what's happening and i've

got to stop potential war crimes, a real step up and the pace of the telephone advance civilians not just being caught in the crossfire, but being targeted. just give us a kind of a broad stroke view of what is happening on the ground while on the ground we have seen, i think the international community completely surprised number one by president biden. and the speed of his pull out number 2 by the taliban. and the speed that they filled, the vacuum 1st going to the nor there is going to start not that traditional stronghold taking lots of territory there. then going to the border areas then now to the south. and so that some of the key cities in the south, but also to other parts of africa, i'm pushing in on the cities and that has continued in recent hours. the battle in laska, god continues right in the heart of the provincial capital of helmand in nimrod.

which is next to helmand, just to the west of it, that the battles have been underway and in the raj, the regional capital, they're the tell about now for the 1st time have control of a provincial capital. they seem to achieve that from most reports without many shots being fired. they took the prison there, let go of prisoners. some of them taliban. they used humvees and other vehicles that originally supplied by the u. s. and nato. they are now in the hands of taliban having been captured by african forces ins, around which they control the government buildings. they control the airport and the government to very much on the edge of that provincial capital over nym rose. and we're hearing that the human cost of that is a lot of displacement. people crossing the border into iran, which hold as many as 20000 people cross the ratings are trying to stop the beating back people as they try and cross that border. that is not the only situation. so you've got alaska got a rental capital on the threat because xerox,

which is now fallen and then you got to the north. charles john and the rich capital the ship regarding the taliban had been there. it's the seat of the veteran commander marshall does the inside his palace or at least have been the african security forces, telling me that they have managed now to push back the taliban and shove, regarding no confirmation. independent confirmation of that at this stage. now all of that, all of that going on while the column and also starting fresh campaign targeting t p. figures here in cobble that's now listen back to what's going on in the security council increase in violent attacks in afghanistan. in particular, last week's attack on the you, nama compound, in herat, and the suicide bombing targeting the home of afghanistan's acting defense minister and cobble. we express our deepest sympathy and condolences to those affected by

these heinous attacks. additionally, there are credible reports of attacks and retaliation against civilians and other taliban controlled areas. the alarming rise in violence and civilian casualties caused by the ongoing taliban military offences further roads. the advances the afghan people made in democracy and the rule of law over the last 20 years. the taliban must hear from the international community that we will not accept to military takeover of that began a stan or return of the taliban islamic emerett. the taliban will be isolated and in the international pariah if they choose that pass, which would most certainly push the country to further violence and destruction. to

echo these councils press statement released earlier this week and the us europe group, july 23rd statement. there is no military solution in afghanistan and negotiated inclusive political selim settlement to an afghan lead and african own process is the only way forward for lasting peace and stability in the country. this process must include the full and meaningful participation of women. we also recall this council's resolution $2513.00 which states that taliban lack of action to further reduce violence, make sustained efforts to advance inter afghan negotiations and otherwise cease to engage in or support activities that threaten the peace. stability and security of afghanistan will effect as counselors, review of the status of designations of individuals, groups,

undertakings and entities on the list established and person and maintained. pursuant resolution. 1988. we urged the taliban to immediately halt or offensive pursue a comprehensive and sustainable political settlement and uphold their commitments. to protect afghanistan's infrastructure and its people, especially women, girls and other abominable populations. we also call on the taliban to permit man, a terri and organizations to continue their vital work in afghanistan. particularly as the afghan people suffer acutely from the effects of covered 19 and drought in addition to the violence. let me reiterate that we express our full support for an inclusive afghan, owned an afghan lead peace process with full and meaningful participation of women . that leads to

a just and durable political settlement. a justin durable political settlement must be base at a minimum on the following 5 principles. number one inclusive governance number to the right of afghans to elect political leaders. number 3, protections for human rights, including rights of women, youth and minorities, for committing to counter terrorism, including to ensure that f canister does not again, serve as a safe haven for international terrorists and 5 adherence to international law, including international humanitarian law. we emphasize that international support to any future government will depend, at least in part, on adherence to these 5 elements. and it is in the interest of all of afghanistan's neighbors to renew support for

a negotiated settlement that brings the afghan people the peace that they so urgently deserve and creates a stable region. we welcome the role of the secretary general's personal envoys on our know is playing in support of this objective. to close, i'd like to express my appreciation for efforts taken by partners and allies to maintain international civilian and diplomatic operations in afghanistan. we are thankful to those who have stepped up in this critical role. and as we continue with our military withdrawal from afghanistan, we want all afghans to know as president biden has stated that we remain committed to a strong partnership with the country and its people. us security assistance continues to afghan forces as does our development and humanitarian aid to the afghan people . we will.