"We are deeply concerned for women and girls in Afghanistan, for their rights to education, to work and to freedom of movement," the European Union and the United States wrote in a text on Wednesday.
It was co-signed by 19 other countries including the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Senegal, Norway, Argentina and New Zealand.
The international community called on the Taliban to avoid "all forms of discrimination and abuse" and to uphold their rights.
She says she is "ready to assist (the women of the country) with humanitarian aid and support, to ensure that their voices are heard."
Prohibition to work
"We will be watching closely how any future government (in Kabul) guarantees the rights and freedoms that have become an inalienable part of the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan over the past 20 years," the text concludes.
Under the previous Taliban regime (1996-2001), women were banned from going out without a male chaperone and from working, and girls from going to school.
Women accused of crimes such as adultery were whipped and stoned to death.
Anxious to display a reassuring face and to convince that they have changed, the Taliban declared on Tuesday, during a press conference in Kabul, "to commit to letting women work in accordance with the principles of Islam. ".
Another Doha-based Taliban spokesperson also told Sky News that wearing the burqa, a veil that covers the entire body and face, with a cloth grid at eye level, would no longer be this time around. here compulsory for women, adding that there were "different types" of veil.
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