I don’t believe Taliban pledge on women’s rights, Priti Patel says Women and girls and persecuted minorities will structure the majority of the Afghan refugees resettled within the UK, the house secretary has said. While the Taliban said women’s rights are going to be respected, Priti Patel told the BBC it had been hard to believe “the PR operation that we’re currently seeing”. The UK government will work with other nations and pledged to resettle 5,000 Afghans within the UK within the first year. However, some MPs have criticised the…
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