There are only three days left before the #Iran sanctions deadline, so here’s the third requirement for the Iranian regime to behave like a normal state: it must end support for the Taliban and other terrorists in Afghanistan and the region, and cease harboring senior al-Qaida leaders.
Read more about the Trump administration’s Iran strategy. Download the "Outlaw Regime: A Chronicle of Iran’s Destructive Activities" report.
The Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues works in close coordination with partners across the U.S. government to ensure the support and empowerment of girls is central to our foreign policy efforts. On this year’s International Day of the Girl Child, the office hosted the Afghan girls robotics team in Washington, D.C. Read more: https://go.usa.gov/xP5Kt
Earlier today, Secretary Tillerson met with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. During their meeting, Secretary Tillerson and President Ghani reaffirmed the U.S.-Afghan commitment to achieving peace, stability, and long-term prosperity in #Afghanistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson briefed the press today on the new U.S. strategy in #SouthAsia which will require diplomatically engaging #Pakistan, #Afghanistan, and #India in order to create the conditions for stability in the region.
A Bureau of Diplomatic Security Special Agent (right) provides security for U.S. diplomatic personnel on the outskirts of #Kabul, Afghanistan. As the U.S. Department of State marks American Heroes Week, we recognize Diplomatic Security Service uniformed officers who help protect State Department employees around the world. #AmericanHeroesWeek
Today, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan met with an all-girls robotics team from #Afghanistan at the 2017 FIRST Global Challenge Robotics Competition in Washington, D.C. FIRST Global organizes a yearly international robotics challenge to ignite a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among students from across the world. #STEM
People in many communities across Afghanistan face daily dangers from landmines and unexploded ordnance that remain behind as a deadly legacy of over four decades of conflict. Ambassador Robert Wood said, “The United States is proud to support humanitarian mine action in Afghanistan because protecting civilians is a prerequisite for achieving any kind of peace and stability,..Whether children going to school, business people carrying out commerce, farmers cultivating their fields, or shepherds tending their flocks, men, women, and children must be protected from the risk of landmines and unexploded ordnance. As long as these dangers persist, it is difficult for communities to recover from conflict.” Learn more on #DipNote: https://go.usa.gov/xNyWA.
While the American public is aware of the conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, there are also people displaced from ongoing struggles in many other parts of the world. Many of these conflicts have dragged on for decades, making it less and less likely that the refugees can return home. The average refugee now remains exiled for an average of 10 years and voluntary returns by refugees are at a 30-year low.
There are more than 20 million refugees scattered across the globe and another 40 million people internally displaced worldwide.
Learn how the United States is helping those who need it most: https://go.usa.gov/xNmuJ.
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