Canada’s Gender Minister On Calling The Taliban ‘Our Brothers’: It Was A ‘Cultural Reference’
Canadian Minister for Gender Equality Maryam Monsef referred to the Taliban as “our brothers” during a press conference while providing updates on the Taliban Insurrection situation in Afghanistan.
Monsef is of Afghan descent. In 2017, she made a $255,300 salary off of Canadian taxpayers.
She told conference listeners: “I want to take this opportunity to speak to our brothers the Taliban; we call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individual in Afghanistan out of the country. We call on you to immediately stop the violence, the genocide, the femicide, the destruction of infrastructure, including heritage buildings.”
She continued: “We call on your to return immediately to the peacekeeping table, to the peace deal that was negotiated,
