INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The US State Department condemned the detention of a number of Afghan girls and women by the Islamic Emirate on the charge of ¬ wearing
hijab&.State Department Spokesperson Matt Miller, said on Wednesday: &We&ve seen them take a number of really deplorable actions when it &
that relates to women and girls and their role in society.&In response to reporters& questions, the spokesperson of the US State Department
said that &we have & we will continue to take all appropriate steps to hold them accountable for those actions.&This comes after the
Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice recently arrested a number of women and girls on charges of not wearing hijab in
different areas of Kabul city.Before this, several reports emerged of arrests of a young women and girls different areas of Kabul city,
including Dasht-e-Barchi, Taimani and Khairkhane areas.Earlier, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, confirmed that the
arrest of these girls and women was made for &group punishment& that intended to &promote veiling& and was temporary.This action of the
Islamic Emirate resulted in various reactions; among other things, recently, Amnesty International also emphasized by publishing a statement
that the Islamic Emirate should stop the oppression of women urgently.The post US State Department criticizes IEA over treatment of women
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