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State Department Concerned About Afghanistan’s New Taliban Government – Because They’re All Male

Ashe Schow
State Department Concerned About Afghanistan’s New Taliban Government – Because They’re All Male
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The U.S. State Department has voiced concern about Afghanistan’s new Taliban government, not just because the new government is made up of members of a terrorist organization, but because the new government isn’t “inclusive.”

In a statement provided to The Hill, a State Department spokesperson said that even though the Taliban “has presented this as a caretaker cabinet,” America “will judge the Taliban by its actions, not words.”

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