Women In Afghanistan Fear Losing Their Rights Under Potential U.S.-Taliban Peace Deal

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The Taliban has been negotiating a deal with the U.S. Fawzia Koofi, former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament, says women in Afghanistan are fearful of losing their rights after a deal is struck. (hereandnow)

Afghan lawmaker Fawzia Koofi from Kabul poses next to a picture wall showing Afghanistan’s 249 parliamentarians.

Meanwhile, the Taliban has been negotiating a deal with the United States to withdraw U.S. troops and set up future talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad says the country has reached a deal"in principal" with the Taliban.

 

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hereandnow Why are we negotiating with terrorists?

hereandnow I feel so sorry for those ladies.

hereandnow Meanwhile, American troops are still being killed during these 'peace talks.'

hereandnow With this administration, it is guaranteed they will.

hereandnow Unfortunately they will because of the weakness of the realDonaldTrump.

hereandnow The Muslim Church can help if they want to.

hereandnow If the Taliban take over again you have wonder at the waste of all those American soldiers lives an injuries an all that money. How many families lost loved ones there?

hereandnow Can the US trust the Taliban? Trump desperately wants a victory to boost his ratings by fulfilling a promise of getting the US out of Afghanistan. Broken promises may very well bring a new generation of American troops back to that country long after he leaves office.

hereandnow The Trump Administration will gladly toss those gains aside in favor of 'winning'.

hereandnow Considering the Republican Party's attitudes and policies towards women, this fear is absolutely understandable.

hereandnow Trump would sell them out in a heartbeat.

hereandnow Thank you for speaking up!

hereandnow Pakistani taliban took over. We don't want foreign religious fanatics. Al Qaeda was bad enough.

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