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Afghanistan Women's Justice Movement

The statement of the US State Department condemning the behavior of the Taliban group in detaining a group of women and girls in Afghanistan under the pretext of “bad 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 Taliban, 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 Taliban resulted in various reactions; among other things, recently, Amnesty International also emphasized by publishing a statement that the Taliban should stop the oppression of women urgently.

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