The Guardian view on EU talks with the Taliban: selling out the rights of girls, women and other Afghans | Editorial

Five years after the fall of Kabul, European states are anxious to send migrants back – regardless of what it takes and what awaits them Days after Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, the EU’s top diplomat stressed the need to protect women and girls. “Cooperation with any future Afghan government will be conditioned on … respect for the fundamental rights of all Afghans,” Josep Borrell pledged . The regime’s attack on women’s rights began immediately, and has only intensified. The Taliban have barred girls from secondary school and university, legalised child marriage , prevented women&

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