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Choong-Hyun Paik, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, told the Commission that the policies of the Taliban movement, which now controlled Kabul, the capital, had resulted in major violations of human rights, especially of women, who were prohibited from working or attending school, had to wear shroud-like clothing, and were reported to have been beaten severely with car antennas, chains, and water hoses for not complying with the Taliban dress code. There still was not sufficient will on the part of various fighting factions to reach a political solution to the country's 18-year-old internal conflict, he said.
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