US will increase pressure on Afghanistan to change decisions restricting women’s rights
Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 9, 2022 – Photo: REUTERS
Reuters news agency quoted Ned Price as saying: “We have raised this issue directly with the Taliban. We have some tools at our disposal, if (they) don’t reverse their decisions, we are ready to go. ready to continue (increasing pressure by our measures)”.
Price did not specify what measures the United States might use to pressure the Taliban.
On May 7, the Taliban issued a resolution forcing women to cover their faces in public – an escalation of restrictive measures against women. women and girls of this force. This new decision caused outrage at home and abroad because in Afghanistan, in many big cities, women do not cover their faces.
In addition to this decision, the Taliban also have regulations that restrict women from participating in work, restricting their movement without male relatives escorting them. Most female students are banned from going to school after 7th grade.
The international community has stressed that girls’ education is a key requirement for any future recognition of the Taliban government, which has taken power in Afghanistan since August 2021.
Mr. Price said the US has been consulting closely with its allies and partners. “There are steps that we will continue to take to increase pressure on the Taliban to reverse some of their decisions, so that they make good on the promises they have made,” he said.
An important key that Washington has in hand is $ 7 billion in assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, which are frozen in the US.
The United States and many other countries have cut development aid and sanctioned the banking system since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s economic condition is now at a near-disruptive level.
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