Our Commitments to Support Afghan Women Remains Strong, Says US Rep to UN

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US representative to the United Nations, and Rina Amiri, the country's representative for Afghan women’s affairs, met with a number of Afghan women. Greenfield reiterated the US’ strong commitment to supporting women and girls of Afghanistan.

The meeting took place within the framework of the US-Afghanistan consultative mechanism.

The US State Department recently launched the US-Afghanistan Consultative Mechanism and US secretary of state Antony Blinken had said that the consultative mechanism was launched with the cooperation of Rina Amiri.

Blinken stressed that the purpose of the mechanism is to interact more with Afghan civil society, especially women.

Rina Amiri had previously said that through the consultative mechanism, she would support meeting the demands of the Afghan people inside and outside of Afghanistan.