More than 2.5 million girls are deprived of education in Afghanistan, US Special envoy for Afghan women, girls and human rights Rina Amiri said, pointing towards the plight of females in the war-torn country, reported Khaam Press.
Speaking to reporters in Washington D.C., the US State Department's Spokesman Mathew Miller also said that the World Food Program halted distribution in two districts of Ghazni province from January to April when local officials attempted to interfere in distribution.
US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Thomas West has called on the International community to address the ongoing problems of the war-torn country and voice out support for dialogue and opposition to armed conflict, according to Khaama Press.
The US has been shocked by the revelation that its military abandoned its combat 'officer' dogs while leaving Afghanistan. This disclosure was made by Trump to Journalist Tucker Carlson in a Fox News interview. Trump's revelation has since gone viral and public opinion in this dog-loving
In a 12-page document, the Biden administration said, "President Biden's choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor (Donald Trump)."
The situation of females in Afghanistan is already grim under the Taliban regime as they are not allowed to work or have access to fundamental rights in the country.
Blinken was speaking before the Congress when members of the opposition Republican Party went on the offensive on the US exit from Afghanistan in 2021 and requested the release of a State Department internal dissent cable, according to Khaama Press.
China in mid-2021 welcomed a Taliban delegation. The country showed its willingness to recognise the Taliban as the US signalled towards its planned withdrawal. In early January 2023, a Chinese firm agreed to sign a 25-year contract for oil extraction in Afghanistan.
Five Chinese nationals were injured in an attack on a Kabul hotel, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said demanding an investigation into the case and severe punishment for "the attackers", reported Reuters.
Taking to Twitter, the spokesman of an interim government, Zabiullah Mujahid said that the attack on a hotel in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul ended with the killing of three attackers.