US is considering speeding visas for Afghan women after military exit

Washington DC: The Biden administration is considering giving vulnerable Afghans, including politicians, journalists and activists who may be targeted by the Taliban, a quick route to a US visa. That’s what US officials said.

Human rights groups have urged the State Department to obtain 2,000 visas for vulnerable women and their lawyers as part of policy-making to evacuate thousands of Afghans after the US military withdrew earlier this month. ..

US authorities are currently trying to help translators who work with foreign troops.

Officials also said the Biden government is trying to issue visas to not only vulnerable women, but also men and minorities in high-risk professions.

“Life is at stake,” said Teresa Casale, a Minazlistin who defends women’s advocates in governments around the world. “Women leaders are actively targeted and killed by the Taliban army. You are in danger to your life and your safety every day, “she said, as quoted by Reuters.

This group and others ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support Afghan women and provide refuge for Afghan women in other countries.

Meanwhile, Afghan women who appear on television and radio are being attacked by the Taliban, Human Rights Watch wrote in April. “In addition to the issues they cover, women reporters may need to question accepted social norms that prohibit women from playing public roles and working outside the home. “

Under the previous Taliban government, women were excluded from education and work, had to cover their bodies completely and were not allowed to leave the house without male relatives.
“Moral crimes” were punished with whiplash and stoning.