UN representative urges Taliban to end child recruitment and recognize 18 as age of adulthood

Washington — Editor's note: this story was translated from the original VOA Pashto article. The United Nations has urged the Taliban to align their definition of a child with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, amid growing concerns over the recruitment and use of children by the group in Afghanistan. The U.N. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Vanessa Frazier, told VOA that the age of adulthood must be set at 18, warning that physical signs of puberty cannot...

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