The US once vowed to liberate Afghan women from Taliban repression but a planned deal offers no protections for the country's women, who fear their hard-won rights could be lost.
Belquis Ahmadi, an Afghan-born human rights expert who has worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development, said she is concerned about the fate of women in a future peace settlement with the Taliban. To protect the progress made, Ahmadi said the U.S. and other foreign governments need to pressure the Taliban and the future Afghan government to uphold fundamental rights for women.
"I remain concerned about the future for Afghan women under any agreement with the Taliban, which is why I continue to press the administration to prioritize women's inclusion in this peace process," Sen. Shaheen said."There is so much at stake." The Pentagon last year stopped releasing figures on how many districts were under Afghan government or Taliban control.showed the Afghan government controlled only 53.8 percent of all districts, while 12 percent were under Taliban control or influence, with the remaining 34 percent contested. This marked an all-time low for the Afghan government.
The Taliban's former envoy to Saudi Arabia Shahabuddin Delawar arrives with Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai , along with Taliban Qatar spokesman Suhail Shaheen , and the Taliban's former culture and information minister Amir Khan Mutaqi to attend the Intra Afghan Dialogue talks in the Qatari capital Doha on July 7, 2019.The female Afghan ambassador to the U.S., Roya Rahmani, declined to comment on the implications of the U.S.
"Going back to 2001, the treatment of women by the Taliban in Afghanistan was one of the central tenets of engagement by the U.S. and coalition countries in Afghanistan," said Anita McBride, who served as chief of staff to Laura Bush and in other senior government posts."Beyond defending ourselves and rooting out terrorism, there was a very real case for humanitarian assistance for women and children.
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