Global power gave Taliban platform, situation for women scary: Afghan Women Network

Kolkata: Afghan Women Network executive director Mary Akrami was quoted saying that the international community, particularly the US, has given the Taliban a platform and the recognition it needed to regain power in Afghanistan in a PTI report.

We are disappointed and despairing at the silence of the global community, Afghans are hopeful India will be a peacemaker and stand by them in the crisis, Akrami said to PTI's Sudipto Chowdhury in a phone interview from Kabul.

But first of all, India and Pakistan must solve their problems because Afghanistan has suffered a lot due to the issues between them," she told PTI as the Taliban consolidated its hold after a swift offensive through the war-ravaged country following the departure of American-led forces.