Taliban to announce framework for girls' education soon: UN

Taliban to announce framework for girls' education soon: UN

• By Staff Writer

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi, who visited Kabul last week, said that the Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan "soon". "In all my meetings...education of girls was the first issue that I raised," Abdi added. The Taliban has repeatedly said that it'll allow girls to return to school as soon as possible.

Since their Aug. 15 takeover of Afghanistan as US and NATO forces were in the final stages of their chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years, the Taliban has come under increasing international pressure to ensure women’s rights to education and work.