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Amid Peace Talks, Afghan Women’s Rights Hang in the Balance

What’s at stake for Afghanistan is immense—a representative democracy built on the rule of law, human rights and inclusion.

Monday, March 8, 2021 / By: Belquis Ahmadi; Pamela Aall

Three Afghan women journalists and a medical doctor in the eastern city of Jalalabad were shot dead last week, part of a wave of killings—perpetrated by both ISIS and the Taliban—targeting rights activists, judges and journalists. The soaring violence in Afghanistan illustrates the stakes for Afghan women and civil society as the Afghan government and Taliban negotiate in Doha and the Biden administration considers its Afghanistan policy.

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