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At a special meeting of the council, Michelle Bachelet, the top U.N. official for human rights, raised what she said were credible allegations of summary executions, restrictions on women’s rights, the recruitment of child soldiers and repression of dissent in Taliban-controlled areas. Women, journalists, and Afghans who worked with the government or international community feared violence from the Taliban, she said.