Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, has warned that the Taliban's ideology is not limited to Afghanistan, but has also spread across Pakistan and will spread to the rest of the world too.
Yousafzai told the British newspaper The Times that this ideology is spreading because the world is not doing anything about it.
In an interview with the newspaper, Yousafzai stressed that Afghan women are exposed to "gender apartheid" under the Taliban's rule.
"Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are barred from secondary and university education," she said.
Regarding Afghan women's right to work and education, Yousafzai said, "Afghan women need support, they need equal rights, and I say that women's rights are at stake."
"My priority is the right of girls to education and women's right to work, which is at stake in Afghanistan," she added. "If we fail to take steps for women in Afghanistan, we will see a continuation of a severe form of gender discrimination."
In response to a question about the increase in terrorism outside Afghanistan, the women's rights activist said, "The Taliban's ideology is not limited to Afghanistan, it has spread to Pakistan, and we are witnessing this increase in other parts of the world as well."
She warned that the Taliban's "lack of accountability" to countries around the world has caused the group to continue oppression of women without fear of the consequences of its behaviour.
In an interview with Sky News, Yousafzai also criticised the international community's inattention to the situation of Afghan women.
Referring to Donald Trump's victory in the US election, she said, "We need courageous leaders who stand with Afghan women and support their rights."
