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Source: The Guardian
Taliban reversal on girls education derails US plan for diplomatic recognition
Joint event had been planned ahead of Doha Forum that would have set process in motion to grant group diplomatic recognition
Patrick Wintour diplomatic editor
Sun 27 Mar 2022 20.44 BST
The US was poised to set the Taliban on the path to diplomatic recognition before the plan was derailed by the Afghan rulers sudden U-turn on a promise to allow girls education, the Guardian understands.
The group prompted international outrage and confusion on Wednesday when it reneged on a deal to allow teenage girls to go to secondary school, just a week after the education ministry announced that schools would open for all students.
US diplomats had been so optimistic that the Taliban would make good on the promise that a joint event had been planned ahead of this weekends Doha Forum in Qatar that would have set the process in motion to grant diplomatic recognition to the group.
A seat had been reserved for the Taliban at a panel at the forum dedicated to girls education in which a Taliban representative would have addressed the role of women with Afghan female activists.
The sudden reversal undermined the argument that a more moderate leadership now dominates the Taliban ...
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/27/taliban-bar-girls-education-us-plan-diplomatic-recognition
Walleye
(30,729 posts)They always talk about how America gave women the vote. Nobody gave anybody the vote everybody had to fight for it over a long time
Chainfire
(17,310 posts)If I knew it would happen, our government knew. It is either that or I am the smartest man in the country, in which case, you all should put me in charge. Boy howdy would there be some changes!
Beakybird
(3,329 posts)It's a little worse than the American sufragettes.
spooky3
(34,303 posts)Force fed. Others faced beatings and torture.
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