UN Chief Slams Taliban’s Suspension of Girls’ Education
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Taliban’s decision to suspend schooling for girls beyond the sixth grade is “deeply damaging” for Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday.
The decision came as Afghanistan’s educational institutions re-opened Wednesday with girls who were to begin education beyond the sixth grade told by the Taliban to stay home.
“The de facto authorities’ failure to reopen schools for girls above the sixth grade, despite repeated commitments, is a profound disappointment and deeply damaging for Afghanistan,” Guterres said in a statement.
“The denial of education not only violates the equal rights of women and girls to education, it also jeopardizes the country’s future in view of the tremendous contributions by Afghan women and girls,” he added.
The decision to curtail girls’ education comes one week before a major international donor conference for humanitarian aid for the country.
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