Taliban meetings with Afghan powerbrokers, following negotiations with the US, hold out the prospect of an end to this long conflict. But women are especially and rightly concerned about the possible priceAmerica’s longest-running war is edging closer toward a conceivable end. Only two women are present at the talks between Taliban representatives and Afghan politicians, warlords and other powerbrokers in Moscow. The Trump administration’s lack of interest in human rights, and the president’s record of contempt for women’s rights, increases those anxieties. “Any peace that threatens women’s rights, freedoms and gains will not be sustainable,” a group of Afghan women warn in a statement this week.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2019 18:31 UTC