Taliban Criticize New US Human Rights Curbs Against Two Leaders

FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. The United States on Dec. 8 imposed sanctions against two Taliban leaders for human rights abuses against women and girls.

Afghanistan's Taliban government denounced the United States Saturday for imposing fresh sanctions against two of its leaders for human rights abuses, saying that pressure and restrictive measures do not help solve problems.