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 first
