Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with six women judges, MPs from Afghanistan

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis received six women judges and MPs from Afghanistan at Maximos Mansion on Friday.

The female Afghani judges and politicians left behind the Taliban regime and are, for now, staying in Greece:

– Amena Afzali, MP & former Labor Minister

– Halima Askari, MP & political activist

– Shagufa Noorzai, Afghanistan’s youngest MP

– Ferozan Qasimi, judge & human rights writer

– Yalda Nasimee, appellate court judge, formerly responsible for racial segregation against women and children

– Zuhal Naseri, judge

The six women thanked the Greek prime minister and the government for working with foreign countries and international organizations to help see through the demanding operation to free them from Afghanistan. They also expressed their thanks to Greece at large and Greek people for their hospitality.

“We are all deeply shocked by what happened in your homeland in recent months,” Mitsotakis told them. “I’m aware that over the last 20 years, all of you, in your own way, have been fighting for women’s rights in Afghanistan, through your involvement in politics, but also through the services you offered as judges,” he pointed out.

The Greek prime minister underlined that “we do not want to legitimize the Taliban regime, and we will not do so. But we want to help so that humanitarian aid reaches those who really need it.”

Greece has participated in three operations to evacuate and receive vulnerable people from Afghanistan, hosting altogether 178 people with their families, including 11 women MPs and 26 judges and lawyers.

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