Noorulbari Mal

Mary Ann Vecchio cries out as she kneels next to the body of student Jeffrey Miller on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. (AP Photo/John Filo) In Fall 2020, I was granted admission to the graduate program in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University. After receiving the acceptance letter, I wanted to learn more about the school, its history and culture. One of my initial findings about Kent State University was the May 4 shooting. It totally shocked me.

In a blunt letter, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged the Afghan President to “accelerate peace talks” with the Taliban. The letter, along with a proposed draft plan for Afghan peace, was delivered by the U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad. The special envoy, Khalilzad, has been leading the U.S. negotiations with the Taliban since 2018. After two years of dialogs, Khalilzad was able to sign a U.S.-Taliban peace agreement in February 2020.

Taliban delegation in Doha On March 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of State wept crocodile tears by honoring seven courageous Afghan women who were recently assassinated in Afghanistan. This is a flat contradiction because the U.S. has also been trying to legitimize and empower those assassins. In February 2020, the United State signed a peace deal with the Taliban and forced the Afghan President to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners. The prisoner release was a part of the U.S.-Taliban accord.