KABUL (Pajhwok): The Biden administration has slapped fresh visa restrictions on current and former members of ‘Islamic Emirate Afghanistan’ and others believed to be involved in curbing the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday the restrictions also applied to non-state security group members and others involved in trampling on women’s rights.
In a statement from the State Department, Blinken noted: “The Taliban’s most recent edicts ban women from universities and from working with NGOs…”
The decrees tightened the caretaker government’s previous measures that closed secondary schools to . . .
