In Afghan delegation for Moscow talks, ‘only one woman in room’
Al Jazeera
Rights advocate and politician Habiba Sarabi only woman in 12-member delegation of Afghan government and leaders attending Moscow talks.
As envoys gathered in Russia’s capital for a shake-up of the Afghan peace process, Afghan women wondered: what about us? Just one woman, human rights advocate and politician Habiba Sarabi, was on the 12-member delegation of Afghan government and political leaders attending Thursday’s summit in Moscow. The 10-member delegation sent by the Taliban had none. On Thursday, Sarabi addressed a vast circular table of male counterparts at a Moscow hotel, calling for a ceasefire.
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