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Afghanistan: US cancels Taliban talks after girls schools closure
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KABUL, 27 March 2022, (TON): The United States said that it has cancelled planned talks in Doha with the Taliban after the hardline Islamist rulers of Afghanistan shut girls’ secondary schools.
State Department deputy spokeswoman Jalina Porter said “we have cancelled some of our engagements, including planned meetings in Doha around the Doha Forum, and have made clear that we see this decision as a potential turning point in our engagement.”
The Taliban, which seized power in August and is eager for international recognition, shut down girls’ secondary schools this week just hours after reopening them.
Porter told reporters “this decision by the Taliban, if it is not swiftly reversed, will profoundly harm the Afghan people, the country’s prospects for economic growth, and the Taliban’s ambition to improve their relations with the international community.”
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