International
Sara Carter reports Afghan ‘lives are in peril right now’ because of Taliban presence
By Jenny Goldsberry
After three straight days of phone calls with her sources in Afghanistan, Sara Carter told Fox News host Sean Hannity Monday night that the Biden administration’s failed operation to extradite Afghan allies has put tens of thousands of lives in peril. Her appearance came after President Biden doubled down in his speech Monday saying his decision to withdraw all U.S. troops is a decision he would make again.
“Their lives are in peril right now,” Carter told Fox host Sean Hannity. “I can’t begin to express to the American people the terror that is reaping through Kabul right now.”
While some vital Afghan personnel were promised they would be evacuated if something like this happened, there aren’t enough flights to carry the people scrambling to the airport to escape. Previous reports showed video of people falling out of cargo planes just because they were trying to get out of the country. “This operation to evacuate Americans and our Afghan allies was an absolute failure,” Carter tweeted at the time. “Pentagon officials are tap dancing around questions and failing to accept responsibility.”
“Now, the Taliban according to my sources is walking door-to-door, pulling people out of homes,” Carter said. As a result, one of Carter’s sources told her out of fear of being killed, he is trying to find any means of escape.
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International
Mental health crisis spikes among Afghan women after Taliban regained control two years ago
The women of Afghanistan are suffering a mental health crisis since the Taliban regained power two years ago. According to a joint report from three U.N. agencies released Tuesday, approximately 70% of women experience feelings of anxiety, isolation and depression.
The numbers continue to rise, as there has already been a significant jump between April and June of this year alone, with an increase from 57% the preceding quarter.
The report, conducted by U.N. Women, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, interviewed women online, in-person and in group consultations as well as individual telesurveys.
592 Afghan women in 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces took part in the study. The Associated Press reports:
They have barred women from most areas of public life and work and banned girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade. They have prohibited Afghan women from working at local and non-governmental organizations. The ban was extended to employees of the United Nations in April.
Opportunities to study continued to shrink as community-based education by international organizations was banned and home-based schooling initiatives were regularly shut down by the de facto authorities — a term use by the U.N. for the Taliban government.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education and the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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