US diplomat scorched for 'tone-deaf' tweet saying Afghan women need 'movement' similar to 'Black Girl Magic'

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US diplomat scorched for 'tone-deaf' tweet saying Afghan women need 'movement' similar to 'Black Girl Magic'
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United States Chargé d’Affaires Karen B. Decker raised eyebrows with a since-deleted tweet suggesting Afghan women need a 'Black Girl Magic' movement.

"Beyond parody. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad," Christina Pushaw, an aide to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, wrote. prompted the mass exodus of Americans, U.S. allies, and vulnerable Afghan refugees from the Taliban-controlled state.

Women, since the U.S. withdrawal, have faced an uphill battle to maintain their basic human rights while being treated as second-class citizens, despite the Taliban initially assuring the world otherwise. The Taliban have banned women and girls from attending universities, barring them from receiving secondary education among various other restrictions. Foreign minsters from the U.S.

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