Biden Administration Calls for ‘Inclusive’ Government in Afghanistan

As the Biden administration grapples with the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, Biden’s State Department has joined with the UN Security Council in calling for a new government in Afghanistan that “is united, inclusive, and representative. Including with the full and meaningful participation of women.”

Are you kidding me?

The Taliban don’t exactly have a stellar record when it comes to women’s rights in the first place. The liberation of Afghanistan under President George W. Bush enabled girls to go to school and women to have more rights. Now, Afghan women are afraid to lose those rights again. Does the Biden administration really believe that “full and meaningful participation of women” in a Taliban-controlled government is possible when women are going to be made second-class citizens again? – READ MORE

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