UN chief ‘deeply’ regrets Taliban’s move to suspend girls high school education
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday “deeply” regretted Taliban’s decision to suspend high school education for girls in Afghanistan, saying it was “deeply damaging” for the war-torn country.
In a statement, he urged the de facto authorities in Kabul to open schools for all students without any further delay.
The Taliban 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 remain home.