Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States remains “the leading donor of humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people,” with some USD 1.9 billion being offered since August of 2021.
Speaking to reporters at the State Dept. on Tuesday two years in after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, he said, “We continue to work to hold the Taliban accountable for the many commitments that it’s made and not fulfilled, particularly when it comes to the rights of women and girls.” “We’ve been very clear with the Taliban and dozens of countries around the world have been very clear that the path to any more normal relationship between the Taliban and other countries will be blocked unless and until the rights of women and girls, among other things, are actually supported,” Secretary Blinken added.
Source: Kuwait News Agency