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The Rainbow Railroad in Toronto, Canada has received hundreds of requests for help from LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over. Afghanistan was already a dangerous place to live for LGBTQ+ people, but it has gotten even worse since their lives are now being threatened.

The IRC (International Rescue Committee) is seriously concerned about females rights in Afghanistan. Females should be able to work, go to school, and move freely. As of August 2021, the response plan funding for women and girls has drastically diminished making them more prone to violence, child labor, and forced marriages. Since international support has slowly been fading away, almost 1 million children will miss out on education.

Despite the article referring to women and young girls distinctly why choose to rename your bookmark and pointedly refer to them as females rather than as the article intends? Your article covers rather dehumanizing issues so it strikes me as odd that out of all this your choice was to choose a word you could apply to any non human mammal rather than the women of Afghanistan. Did you not think that the article used the language "women and girls" for the reason of both humanization and to clarify that perhaps the rights of a female mammal weren't at stake here but the human population that happens to be female?

Relating to Freedom of Speech this article explains Afghanistan's choice to ban a website that hosted a video they found to be anti-Islamic. Video creater believes his work was covered by his Freedom of Speech.

This articles speaks of the effort of America to influence the culture of the youth in Afghanistan to promote greater women's rights. Despite the effort, many of the youth, including you women, are still rejecting the western influence and are sticking to their conservative Islamic beliefs.

Lisa McCombs, an army veteran who sufferers from PTSD was not allowed to fly home from Kansas. She suffers with PTSD from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.American regional carrier Envoy would not allow for her to fly with her labrador retriever Jake. Lisa McCombs had to seek medical treatment after the incident and lost time from work.

Billions of dollars were left with the Taliban. Guns and supplies were left behind.