U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that the Taliban are trying to sentence Afghanistan's women 'to a dark future without opportunity' by banning them from attending universities.
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that the Taliban are trying to sentence Afghanistan's women "to a dark future without opportunity" by banning them from attending universities.
U.S. Secretary Antony Blinken participates in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula and Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Speaking in an end of the year news conference, Blinken said the Taliban-run administration will fail in its efforts to improve relations with the rest of the world unless the militants reverse the ban.Reporting by Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk
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