Biden Admin Struggles To Respond To Taliban Crackdown On Women, Dissent In Afghanistan

The Biden administration According to reports, it is debating whether to respond harshly to the Taliban’s Recent acts against women protesters Afghanistan.

U.S. officials are concerned that too harsh a response might alienate Taliban According to reports, leaders with whom the U.S. seeks to collaborate on counterterrorism efforts. Politico.

“We knew this was coming but dreaded it and couldn’t stop it,” One official from the administration said Politico.

The The tension between the reported divide is the best example of the division. Tom WestU.S. special representative Afghanistan, Rina AmiriU.S. special Envoy for Afghan Women, girls, and human right The Two people agree that there should repercussions for the TalibanThe two sides disagree on how much the U.S. has to work with the Taliban should be considered in the U.S. response.

“It’s generally true that Tom wants to find some way to keep working with the Taliban. I think he thinks that’s his mandate from the president,” An official said. “Rina has a more human rights-principled approach — do what we should do and let the chips fall where they may.”

The White House downplayed the existence of divisions among the staff over the administration’s response to the Taliban. State Department Spokesman Ned Price On Wednesday Reporters were informed that the U.S. is working closely with “partners” to provide a suitable response.

“We are working with our partners throughout the government and also with like-minded partners around the world to devise an appropriate set of consequences that register our condemnation for this outrageous edict on the part of the Taliban, while also protecting our status as the world’s leading humanitarian provider for the people of Afghanistan,” Price said.

Since The Taliban Taking over Afghanistan In August 2021: The terror group has passed a series of strict laws, limiting the freedom of women and especially the freedom of men. In December, Taliban Leaders banned Women can’t attend universities in the nation. Women Other strict regulations apply, including a ban on male guardians from allowing them to travel outside their homes.

Protests The strict Taliban Rule are often broken up.

The International condemnation has been levelled at the terror group for its rule. U.S. Secretary Of State Antony Blinken The warning was issued by Taliban It is more rigid than it lets on, the more isolated it becomes Afghanistan The world will be your home.

The U.S. withdrew His last troops from Afghanistan On August 30, 2021, end of 20-year-long occupation of the country. The The U.S. intelligence and military apparatus suffered from a chaotic and bloody withdrawal that left a bad reputation. Hundreds Of Americans, thousands of the U.S. military’s Afghan Allies and millions worth of U.S. Military Equipment were left behind.

The 13 U.S. servicemen were also killed in a terrorist attack. Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, the last headquarters of the U.S. withdraw as the Taliban They blitzed and conquered all of the country that was left behind. Americans. In An attempt to counter-strike a suspected terrorist, U.S. mistakenly bombarded an Afghan aid worker, killing 10 civilians, including seven children.

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