The era of brutal repression by the Taliban, that you have all noted, has passed, yet on every measure of development and in every sphere, women in Afghanistan continue to suffer solely because they were born female.
Highlighting ongoing challenges faced by Afghan women despite past gains.
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It's about protecting those who are in the path of these horrors that are being perpetrated.
Violence against women cannot be relegated to the margins of foreign policy.
It will be a demonstration to our own women and girls that the United States officially stands behind their advancement at home.
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