“The United States will take steps to increase pressure on Afghanistan’s Taliban government to reverse some of its recent decisions restricting the rights of women and girls if the hardline group shows no sign of rescinding the actions on its own,” Reuters reports.
U.S. to Increase Pressure on the Taliban
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