US restricts visas to Taliban over repression of Afghan women

Afghan women take part in a gathering at a hall in Kabul on Aug 2, 2021 against the claimed human rights violations on women by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
(SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP)

The United States has restricted visas from being issued to current and former members of the Taliban, among other individuals, for repressing women and girls in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement on Tuesday.