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On the recordJune 23, 2020
Unfortunately, as we deviated in policy from Afghanistan and went to Iraq, those same women, many of them as parliamentarians, were murdered in their home districts because of the rise of the Taliban, al-Qaeda.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Discusses the consequences of U.S. policy changes on Afghan women's safety.

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