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The UN Security Council unanimously passes a resolution calling on the Taliban to "swiftly reverse" all restrictive measures against women. IMAGES
Images of the premises of the NGOs Care International, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Kabul, the day after several foreign aid groups announced they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working. IMAGES
New UN human rights chief Volker Turk reveals he offered to visit Iran since taking up office last month but has so far not received any reply. SOUNDBITE
Taliban fighters fired into the air Saturday to disperse a rare women's protest in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power. About 40 women -- chanting "Bread, work and freedom" -- marched in front of the education ministry before a group of Taliban fighters dispersed them by firing their guns into the air. IMAGES
The extent of death and destruction in Ukraine's devastated port city Mariupol suggests serious international law violations, the UN rights chief says, warning the horrors there would mark future generations. "The horrors inflicted on the civilian population will leave their indelible mark, including on generations to come," Michelle Bachelet tells the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. SOUNDBITE