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Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:00 AM Dec 2022

Taliban further restricts women's rights, forcing aid groups to halt work in Afghanistan - PBS NewsHour

This weekend, the Taliban ordered that women can no longer work for non-governmental organizations, including relief agencies. Any such group that continues to employ women will lose its license, according to the economic ministry. Vicki Aken of the International Rescue Committee and former Afghanistan Parliament member Fawzia Koofi joined Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest. - Aired on 12/26/2022.

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Taliban further restricts women's rights, forcing aid groups to halt work in Afghanistan - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 OP

This is what the Afghanistan people want. The Jungle 1 Dec 2022 #1

The Afghan woman BlueSky3 Dec 2022 #2

The Jungle 1

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1. This is what the Afghanistan people want.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 10:42 AM

Dec 2022

We spent trillions trying to help them. They used us and stood down in 11 days.
I just do not care.
Send food if they need it. But that is all.

BlueSky3

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2. The Afghan woman

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 02:14 PM

Dec 2022

called it “gender apartheid”. Yes. Will we look away, or will we try to get the UN to help these people? Will we find diplomatic paths to aid these women?

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