What we should be shocked about is the near-silence here in the United States from Vice President Kamala Harris and First Lady Jill Biden — arguably America’s most powerful women — I ask the former prosecutor Ms. Harris and the current professor Dr. Biden: Where are your outspoken voices on justice and education for the women and girls of Afghanistan?
The Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mawlawi Mohammad Hasan Akhund, has announced the following rules for women according to Shariah law: Article 1: To strengthen Islamic values all girls over age 20 must get married. All widows under age 35 must...
This sums up the future of Afghanistan. 250,000 lives lost, 20 years lost, trillions spent, and the United States managed to replace the Taliban and Al Qaeda with the Taliban, Al Qaeda and Haqqani as Interior Minister.
After a thirty-four-hour sleepless marathon, we finally got three CSFilm colleagues and their families through the hell of the Taliban checkpoints and the crushing crowds. Was able to navigate them to Polish troops who were outside the perimeter looking for people...
Studying this google image to try and learn how my Afghan friends, trainees, mentors, beloved people can get out of this terror. They must reach Abbey gate and there are tens of thousands trying to do the same. No whisper, no message, no signal.Friends have faced...
From the Haitian Artists Institute: Here we share a list of a few trusted, local, Haitian-led organizations working in the affected regions should you want to help the relief efforts. These groups have our full confidence.
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