US EditionUNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education as new school year begins in Afghanistan
- The U.N. Children’s agency calls on the Taliban to lift the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan as the new school year starts without girls beyond sixth grade.
- The Taliban's ban on female secondary education has affected 2.2 million girls, with another 400,000 being added recently.
- Catherine Russell stated that this education ban will harm the future of millions of Afghan girls and could result in 1,600 additional maternal deaths and over 3,500 infant deaths.
- If the ban continues until 2030, more than four million girls will be denied education beyond primary school, according to Russell.
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