New restrictions against Taliban for bans on women

NEW YORK: The US announced additional visa restrictions Wednesday on the Taliban regime in response to bans on women’s rights.“I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing women and girls in Afghanistan through restrictive policies and violence, including the Taliban’s decision to ban women from universities and from working with NGOs,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, according to Anadolu Agency.  “The immediate family members of such persons may also be subject to these visa restrictions,” he said.Blinken said the Taliban has again shown disregard for the welfare of Afghan people through their decisions.“So far, the Taliban’s actions have forced over one million school-aged Afghan girls and young women out of the classroom, with more women out of universities and countless Afghan