Afghanistan: The Taliban Cracks Down on Women’s Rights as U.S. Sanctions Worsen Humanitarian Crisis

One year after the #Taliban seized power again in #Afghanistan, we look at the new government’s crackdown on #women’s #rights while millions of Afghans go hungry. We speak to journalist Matthieu Aikins, who visited the capital #Kabul for the first time since the U.S. evacuation one year ago. He writes the country is being “kept on humanitarian life support” in his recent article for The New York Times Magazine.

The #Biden administration’s economic #sanctions are causing Afghanistan to spiral into a financial crisis, making the U.S. “at once both the largest funder of humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan and one of the main causes of the humanitarian crisis with these sanctions,” says Aikins.
#Inhumanity #Politics #Hunger #NeoImperialism

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/8/12/talibans_dangerous_collision_course_with_the

Afghanistan: The Taliban Cracks Down on Women’s Rights as U.S. Sanctions Worsen Humanitarian Crisis

One year after the Taliban seized power again in Afghanistan, we look at the new government’s crackdown on women’s rights while millions of Afghans go hungry. We speak to journalist Matthieu Aikins, who visited the capital Kabul for the first time...

Bloodthirsty neoconservative Republican US Senator Ted Cruz threatens democratically elected left-wing leaders in Latin America and elsewhere:

"Any leftist leader who chooses socialism will be held accountable by the United States"

A mafia-style threat from the global dictator. This is the loud voice of an incompetent, corrupt and criminal american politician setting the stage for a bloody destruction of yet another democracy in south America.
#Colombia #Democracy #Politics #NeoImperialism #Fascism #US
https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1557233915655585792?s=20&t=bkj_5yY500WcchGqIq7eZQ

"Yet as the world leaders continue with their blame game, Africa is at crossroads, left to face the consequences of years of environmental plunder." 🌍

#Africa #Ec9nomy #NeoImperialism #NeoColonialism #Politics

https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/c5fba595-9c4b-4eff-aa66-67d07c2b66c9

AFRICA & CLIMATE CHANGE: WHY WE NEED AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOW. | We Don't Have Time

Drought in Madagascar has exposed millions to Famine with no water or food image/courtesy Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food and water...