No guarantees for Afghan women in draft U.S.-Taliban deal - NBC News
The United States once vowed to liberate Afghan women from the draconian repression of the Taliban, but a planned deal between the U.S. and the insurgents offers no...
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In The Taliban-U.S. Agreement, Everybody Wins—Except The Women - Newsweek
On February 29 in Doha, Qatar, the U.S. signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. Each side gets what it wants most. The US gets to bring home the 12,000 US troops stationed...
Why many Afghans distrust their judicial system - Deutsche Welle
In a DW interview, Belquis Ahmadi, an expert on rule of law in Afghanistan at USIP, explains that while corruption and bureaucratic red tape play a role in the Afghans' limited trust in the judiciary, this is not the main reason why some are opting for ...
Kandahar official outspoken in her fight for equality - Stars and Stripes
“I think she's a strong, committed leader,” said Belquis Ahmadi, a program director at the U.S. Institute for Peace, who met with Faizy and her group in Washington. The work she is doing “is very brave, especially for a young woman working in Kandahar.”.
Afghanistan's justice system is moving faster — maybe too fast - Washington Post
Belquis Ahmadi, an expert on Afghanistan at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, said both trials reflect an Afghan legal system that lags in fairness, even if officials appear well-intentioned. “The justice sector should be independent,” Ahmadi ...