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Ted Kaufman: “Unless we change those attitudes, unless we encourage the administration in Kabul to take these issues seriously, to do…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
Unless we change those attitudes, unless we encourage the administration in Kabul to take these issues seriously, to do more to empower women, and to hold accountable those who have committed abuses against them, this insurgency is just going to get worse and worse.
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Ted Kaufman
Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Kaufman emphasizes the need for the Afghan government to empower women to combat insurgency.

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