INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that reports by human rights monitoring organizations and missions
are &contrary to internationally accepted fact-finding methodologies&.According to a statement issued by the IEA, &some people report based
on rumors and virtual sources (social networks and e-mail addresses) and use it against the ruling system, contrary to legal and scientific
methods of truth-finding&.The IEA stated it has provided all the necessary facilities for impartial investigation and obtaining facts by the
offices and persons assigned under the framework of the United Nations to investigate the human rights situation in Afghanistan, and all
offices of the Islamic Emirate, including the security department, cooperate with them.&Therefore, morally, the aforementioned departments
should not misuse this positive spirit,& read the statement.The statement also noted that this ¬ only destroys people&s trust in their
reports, but also questions the impartiality and credibility of their respective institutions&.In addition, the IEA stated that countries
and international organizations &should not allow such people to abuse the name of countries and international organizations to deal with
personal problems and political agendas and destroy the spirit of cooperation of officials in line with humanitarian activities&.The IEA
claims there has been &been significant positive changes in the human rights situation compared to the past twenty years,& and that any
claim to the contrary will be investigated transparently and justice will prevail.This comes just days after Richard Bennett, UN Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, issued a statement following a 12-day visit to the country and stated that
Afghanistan continues to experience a serious crisis and urgent action is needed from all parties to avert a further deterioration of the
situation.According to Bennett, stakeholders he met with expressed grave concerns about the situation of women and girls, increased attacks
on places of worship, schools, transportation systems and minority communities, especially Hazara-Shia.He said the humanitarian situation
remains dire and the security situation is fragile.&I offered the authorities my advice to fulfill their human rights obligations under the
international human rights treaties ratified by Afghanistan
The authorities affirmed their commitment to adhere to their international human rights obligations if they were not in conflict with
Sharia,& Bennett said.The post IEA accuses international watchdogs of ‘reporting on rumors& first appeared on Ariana News.
