Afghan Women Reject U.S. Peace Proposal: "Is This What American Democracy Looks Like?"
Among Afghan women, there is frustration, disappointment and fear that a rushed peace process that excludes women will not have a long-term outcome—allowing a Taliban comeback that could roll back progress made over two decades. An Afghan girl in Balish Kalay Village, Urgun District, Afghanistan, March 27, 2011. (DVIDSHUB / Flickr) In response to the new U.S. proposed agreement for peace in Afghanistan, Afghan women’s groups and their leaders shared their dismay, arguing the agreement was made “without consulting Afghans and particularly Afghan women, who have made the greatest sacrif...
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