The State Department introduced new visa restrictions this week on present and former Taliban officers who have been concerned within the choice to ban ladies and ladies from larger schooling.
The Taliban doubled down on their ban of ladies in ladies in faculty final week, warning universities to not permit feminine Afghans to take entry exams.
Officials additionally banned international and Afghan ladies from working in nongovernmental organizations in December, a transfer that assist teams have warned might exacerbate the nation’s present financial disaster.
Taliban troopers stand guard in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan)
“Through these decisions, the Taliban have again shown their disregard for the welfare of the Afghan people,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned in an announcement.
“The Taliban cannot expect the respect and support of the international community until they respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans, includ ing women and girls.”
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Women and ladies in Afghanistan have seen their freedoms eroded after the U.S. pulled in a foreign country in August 2021.
Amanah Nashenas, 45-year-old an Afghan trainer, collects books in a faculty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.
(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Taliban officers, who adhere to a hard-line interpretation of Islamic legislation, have additionally positioned restriction on ladies touring exterior the house and not using a male chaperone, prohibited ladies from working other than a number of sectors, and banned ladies from attending center and highschool.
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United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths characterised the ban on feminine assist staff as “a potential death blow” for a lot of packages which have propped up Afghanistan’s cratering economic system over the previous 12 months and a half.
“Afghanistan is going through a savage winter, the second under the Taliban,” he mentioned at a information convention this week. “Last winter, we managed to survive. I don’t know if we can do this indefinitely, not with all these bans.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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