Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- More than 50 international legal and human rights experts have urged action over the Taliban's treatment of women and girls. They described the policies as gender apartheid and called for recognition under international law. The demand appears in an international declaration focused on Afghanistan's women and girls.

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Organisers said the declaration aims to strengthen efforts to recognise gender apartheid as an international crime. They said the initiative followed 18 months of consultations involving legal experts and Afghan women's rights activists.

The signatories include Nobel laureates, former international court judges and former United Nations officia...