UN Envoy Calls for Urgent Lifting of Ban on Women’s Education and Work in Afghanistan
United Nations Deputy Envoy in Kabul, Markus Potzel, called for the urgent lifting of the ban on women’s education. United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced that Afghanistan has entered a new period of crisis.
Potzel met with Ned Mohammad Nadim, the Taliban’s minister of higher education in Kabul.
UNAMA stressed that the Taliban ban on education for women and even stopping them from working for aid agencies will harm all Afghans.
The Taliban recently banned girls from attending universities and other higher education institutions. This decision has faced widespread national and international criticism.
