Michael Hughes: The agenda item during talks between the U.S. and Taliban in Doha this week was widely expected to be about potentially unfreezing Afghan assets for earthquake recovery efforts. Although that topic was discussed, the State Department said a “central focus” of the dialogue was the Taliban’s restrictions on Afghan women. This emphasis was
Breshna Omarkhel VOA News March 15, 2022 The U.S. special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, says women’s rights in Afghanistan “suffered a tremendous setback” after the Taliban seized power in August, but that supporting Afghan women is “one area where there is solidarity” in the United States and international community. Amiri, who was appointed
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 3, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The United States has initiated talks with Muslim-majority countries to encourage them to take the lead in pressing Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers not to exclude the country’s women from public life in the name of religion. Rina Amiri, the U.S. special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human
8am: The US special representative for Afghan women Rina Amiri has condemned the detention of female protesters in Kabul and described it as unfair. “If Kabul were to seek popular and global legitimacy, it must respect human rights, especially women’s rights,” Rina Amiri, the US State Department’s envoy for Afghan women, said today (Friday, February
VOA News December 29, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced the appointment of Rina Amiri as special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights. The appointment comes as women in the country are facing increasing oppression by the ruling Taliban following the U.S. withdrawal in August. Earlier this week, the