04/27/2016
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"School enrollment for girls is at an unprecedented level. We do not want that to go backward. We want it to go forward."
"My hope is that the new President in Kabul will reach out to his counterpart in Islamabad and deal with the issues of security and the people-to-people dynamics."
"As recently as February, there were efforts by certain elements in the Afghan political system to weaken laws on the books protecting the rights of women and girls."
"I think one thing that we have been very careful about is to remind not just the current administration but all of the candidates... that this is the set of expectations that we have agreed to."